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This lad is boarded out with. He is said to have come from an Approved School, Paisley - thought to have been a bad boy. Thought not to be very bright.

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"Thi sman is very hot-tempered, alcoholic. Almost definitely mental and quite abnormal, strange fellow, very quick-tempered. Works on the railway."

Son: 6.18

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"Simple and immoral, attractive but had no brains. Much younger than her husband. One child a piccaninny."

Husband: 6.21, son: 6.22

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"This man, a casual labourer, is living with his family and great filth in a wood - stayed there during the snow, in a caravan. They have no idea of sanitation and the place is appalling. Children have scabies, but have not attended school anyhow. Wife also filthy. Nurses say the children are wee thin things."

Wife: 6.25

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Questionnaires for persons in Area 6. Indexed.

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"Considered dull, "nervous". [Male informant] says she is a silly creature, not exactly dull, but thickheaded and with a simplicity about her. Defied the school management committee. Husband dull and thickheaded. Smart in some ways but definitely mental. Gets funny ideas - persecuted just now, thinks everybody is against her daughter."

Children: 6.29, 6.27

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"Bad character, has caused a lot of trouble, was in a fight with is brother-in-law. A ploughman. Father used to give a lot of trouble over his daughter's attendance at school. Two brothers. delicate, never at school."

Mother: 6.33

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"This lad shot a girl who jilted him. [Male informant] says he was a nice lad at school, but always squinted at you under his eyebrows. Now working on his father's farm. [Male informant]: Living a secluded life, queer and fanatial. Father is OK but there is insanity in the family."

Sibling: 6.41

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"Tarryfingered and immoral, stole a lot of things from the A.R.P. stores, had stories about soldiers using curtains to clean their lorries, when all the time the curtains were hanging on her own windows. Husband, very decent, "priest". [Male informant] confirms a bit weak mentally."

Scope and Contents "This woman is soft and very dirty, throughither and feckless, an awful wife. House filthy, smells of dirty clothes. They have moved about a lot. Husband a farm labourer. She has 6 or 7 children, all terribly dirty - she is always getting into trouble as they are so dirty at school. Has been reported to the RSSPCC for neglect of children - they are filthy and never have sufficient clothes - she sells the coupons. She steals money and coals from her next door neighbour who is deaf, is...