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Questionnaires for persons in Area 1.

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"Definitely neurotic, always ill, some of it genuine but a lot of it neurotic. Has a dry cough that goes on for months. Parents dead. House fairly clean, no overcrowded."

Relatives in survey: Niece 13.8

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"This woman is a severe neurotic, has never felt able to work. Incomer - came with a certificate saying she was unfit to work owing to V.D.H and nervous debility. Takes stomach turns; complains about being dull about the head and unable to think. Gets 2/6 a week from a Friendly Society, helps at home. Nurse: never has anything to say, just laughs, looks defective."

Relatives in survey: aunt 13.7

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"Bad case of neurois. Mimics a shock every time she takes ill, slurs her speech, goes all queer, you can hardly get anything out of her; then OK in a few days' time. Daughter gets very worried about her. Not strictly honest, inharmonious, clean house. Would be enough to drive anybody out of their minds."

Relatives in survey: Daughter 14.2; husband 14.23

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"Very dirty, tells lies, wears very thick glasses, always roaming the countryside. An onmivorous reader, with a peculiar taste in books. - children's books. Dr: this woman looks hysterical."

Relatives in survey: son 14.10

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"This woman suffers from kidney trouble. Dr says hysterical. Daughter was a "beautician". Large house beautifully kept. PC says she is a nice woman but a bit nervous, cannot do her work sometimes and has to go to bed."

Scope and Contents "This woman suffers from anxiety - takes epileptiform turns when there are people about - falls and hurts herself. Definitely not epileptic. "Awful tongue", frequent quarrels with neighbours, used to have rows with her aunt every day. House tolerably clean. Housing: 3 rooms for 6, clean. Family is a dressy, showy one. Family relationships inharmonious - much quarrelling. [Husband] is a bumptious man, the children all glib and stuckup, have a very strong clan feeling and stick by each other....

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"This girl has an IQ of 78. At school she was very slow mentally, got into "terrible passions", roared and attacked teacher."

Mother: 21.5

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"This girl set fire to a farm. She tried to set fire to it several times. Now married, has been in the sanitorium with TB. Dr confirms - was always a queer girl."

Relatives in survey: mother 2.41

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Questionnaires for persons in Area 23. Indexed.