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16.285 Female, Widowed, 25-34 yrs, High grade mental defective, January 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15

Scope and Contents

"This woman is defective. Now working on farm. She has two illegitimate children. Nurse says the whole family are dull. Clean house, two rooms, overcrowded. [Male informant] says this woman is very very dull, husband was killed, She has bad eyesight. No public assistance. Dr: Dull but a hard worker. Held jobs until she was interuppted by pregnancy."

Relatives in survey: 16.97, 16.92, 16.90, 16.96

Dates

  • Other: January 1947

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Extent

2 Sheets

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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