Questionnaires for persons in Area 23. Indexed.

"This woman is a mess. She is nervous and excitable, has a very high blood pressure (235/145) drinks 40 cups of tea a day. Kidneys, heart and ptituitary are wrong. Certainly neurotic to the nth degree. May be the result of a financial shock some years ago. Should be seen by a psychiatrist but won't come to the clinic - too superior. Nurse confirms - non-stop talker about her symptoms. Home very clean and comfortable, she lacks for nothing. Her husband spoils her."

Questionnaires for persons in Area 23. Indexed.

'Patient was born in India. Occupation: House Duties. Husband is a salesman. Private Patient. Diagnosis: Anxiety Hysteria. Previous admission discharged herself against advice. No children. Awful hysteric.'

'This man is definitely queer - a "funny lad". "Some derangement". He has a cavity in his lung. He could easily have worked but has done nothing for years. PAO says this man is soft and has no back-bone. He has been on and off PA.'

Relatives in survey: Son 25.9

"Neurotic and fussy, always attending the doctor. She is illegitimate. Backward at present employed in washing school dishes. Dr says this woman had a dermititis artefacta - with carbolic - before the war, always complaining of stomach trouble. Fractured her skull, has been deaf since. He thinks she has some glandular dyscrasia, looks very queer. Clean house."

Relatives in survey: Daughter 26.72

"IQ 73, very nervous, always attending the doctor. Illegitimate. Dull, now working in a laundry. Was very poor at school."

Relatives in survey: Mother 26.71

"Attended OPC. hysteria. Farm worker on his brother's farm, single. Symptoms for 2 years. Gastric ulcer. PC says they are a funny family. Mother dead. Sister, queer? ran away with the will when her father died. Good farm, home conditions good."

"This woman has hysterical fits, quarrelsome. Symptoms similar to those of her daughter [27.67]. PC says this woman is quick-tempered but he thinks she is all right. Does not interfere with the neighbours. The rows are only in the family. Dr confirms temper but is doubtful about her suitability for inclusion."

"This woman lives alone, gets herself talked about - would do anything to get a husband. She looked after her father until he died, when she was past marriageable age. Her father left a silly will, by which everything was left to her niece. She is very bitter about this and has had a breakdown over it. Is emotional and highly strung, thwarted for many years. Dr thinks this woman is hysterical. She made her father's life a hell."