"Any man's meat - the soldiers are said to have queued up for her. Dr confirms that she is a bad character, husband has left her, has VD. PA: Hopeless woman. Large house, not overcrowded, filthy, she is never at home. LE - does not work."

[Male informant]: The family give an interesting example of the effect of environment. The eldest was brought up elsewere and stayed at school to 15, obtaining the junior secondrary certificate. He is now an apprentice electrician and a good looking lad. The others have been, and are, somewhat uncared for, with attendance irregular owing to recurrent outbreaks of skin trouble. All have a record of good school behaviour and they are not problem children in that sense. Rather the mother is the problem".

Relatives in survey: Children 28.207