Hysteria

Scope and Contents "This woman had conversion hysteria symptoms 2-3 years ago. She now has bladder symptoms and vomiting also lumbago. Very nice body. Housing 3 roomed cottage, spotlessly clean, harmonious."

Scope and Contents 'This man suffers from muscular atrophy but Dr says his symptoms are half hysterical. Luminal t.i.d. Was an engineer. Incomer. Very decent people - he got a DCM in the last war. Has a disability pension and NHI - really a last war casualty. Was wounded several times. "A poor looking crater". Family life harmonious.'
Relatives in survey: Wife 25.4
Includes correspondence with Ministry of Pensions.

Scope and Contents 'This woman is said by Dr to be a hysteric. She is a clean, decent woman, a great gossip. One son, very much coddled, has been under observation for TB. A busy body, always imagining that people are ill and asking the minister to go and see them - he finds they are all right. Very keen church recruiter.'
Relatives in survey: Husband 25.3

Scope and Contents "Pain at foot of sternum, it occurs every day and all day. "...Dr has again seen your patient and agrees that her recent behaviour is entirely hysterical. In addition to a psychopathic heredity and an insecure environment in early life she has some personal insecurity in the present day that is responsible for her hysteria"."

Scope and Contents "This girl was seen at the OPC suffering from depression of a neurotic nature. She has an illegitimate child. Was working on munitions but was advised by Dr to find a job as a domestic, living in with her child. Average scholar at school."
Relative in survey: father 27.3 mother 27.2

Scope and Contents "Spends six months of every year in bed. Has asthma. Describes symptoms of angina but at the wrong time. Chronic invalid. Opens his shop three times a week for two house. No one know how he makes a living. Cannot walk to the shop, always goes by car though it is a very short distance. Wife living. [Male informant] - was severely gassed in the last war. Home conditions comfortable, peaceful."

Scope and Contents From the File: Questionnaires for persons in Area 29. Indexed.

Scope and Contents "Flighty and neurotic, did not pay her doctor's bill, always expressed what she felt very vividly, made a great carry on when she had a baby. Family always on the move. Husband a farm worker."

Scope and Contents "This woman is a wee bit simple. Husband was a dairyman, also soft. There are one or two illegitimate children. [Male informant] says she was on PA 10 years ago. She was an awful woman, always having rows. Fieldworker, nobody ever saw her."
Relatives in survey: son 3.31

Scope and Contents "A bad type, immoral, simple and nervy, highly strung, always has a grievance. Inspector says she is a bad tinker, originally came as a housekeeper, much younger than her husband. Dr confirms - a slut, handless."
Relatives in survey: Daughter 36.38