18.59 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, June 1947

"IQ of 70-. One of a family of dull and neglected children - e.g. 16 cookies among five for their midday meal at school. Birds of passage, always on the move. One child had a physical defect, all were cowed. Has been to more than 10 schools. Mother looked simple, everybody was sorry for her. When her last child was born there was not even anything to dry it on. Very hard worker, a fighter. Father a lazy good-for-nothing, farm worker, a worthless character. Nurse thought the children looked all right. House a dreadful place. (Note on the cottage [landlord] is very mean and only employs the poorest labour who never stay for any length of time. A pig of a man - his cows are better housed than his workers, who have to beg and pester him to get their pay. Prosperous farmer however.) Mother quarrels a lot with people. She is at her wits end what with the children and doing outdoor work - thought of leaving him with the elder children and going to her parents but PAO told her she must take them all."