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"IQ 73 has a dull, sullen temper. Illegitimate? Lives with grandfather who is a porter on the railway. Older sister in the Sanitorium. Dr only knows this boy was kicked out of the cinema the other night. TB in family - one sister died from it? Grandfather has it. No Public Assistance, clean house. Nurse confirms: Not overcrowded, fairly clean. Condemned house. 4 rooms."

Scope and Contents "This woman was a dressmaker, developed TB. When she recovered she went to Glasgow but this was not a success, returned to live with her sister and has been an invalid all her life. Could have done something useful. One brother was an alcoholic. A family lives with her and looks after her. Very over-crowded but has a room of her own. PC recalls the awful carry on when he broke the news of her brother's death to her. PAO says she is nasty and a bit peculiar. She makes the most of her illness...

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"Dr ways this woman has TB, is also MD. Was in CR once, mentally OK but a wee bit soft. Had a breakdown? before confinement. One brother deserted from the army. One daughter had an illegitimate child who died, drowned in the burn? Whole family weak and feeble. Old granny lives with them 70+, dirty old slut."

Relatives in survey: Mother 36.43, husband 36.42, daughter 36.44

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"Dr says this woman is a bit soft, is an old TB with superadded bronchitis."

Relatives in survey: Daughter 36.56

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"Retired teacher, has TB. Hypochondrial and scared stiff about herself. Very nice. Lives alone. Nurse says she isn't fussy, but remarkably the reverse."

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"IQ 72, five different schools between 1939 and 1944. Untidy and dirty, was in Lochmaben with TB. Mother always kept him off school to do errands and he was eventually killed by a bus."

Relatives in survey: Mother 39.64, Father 39.63, siblings 39.67, 39.68

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"I.Q. 70. Had had meningitis, very dull. Mother dead - TB. Quite good home conditions. The family has a T.B. tendency."

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"This child is said to be backward. She was born before marriage and had talipes. Her mother was very unwilling for her to get treated. Her father died of TB."

Relatives in survey: Grandmother 44.41

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"This woman is described as "a poor thing, kind, soft and silly". Not very bright. [Male informant] thinks there is not much in her = she wrote him an incredibly illiterate letter. Dr confirms that she comes from a backward and TB family. Nurse "always in a hurry and never gets there"."

Relatives in survey: son 45.23, husband 45.22

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"This girl is still in the infants class, a queer little creature TB tendencies, coughs a lot. Very badly dressed. House fairly clean, not overcrowded. Dr - not very bright, mentally below normal."

Relatives in survey: mother 45.42