Antisocial Personality Disorder

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'This woman is gay, always at dances and wandering on the roads. Husband condones it. A foolish girl. Nurse doesn't think there is much the matter with this woman. She is clumsy and ungainly.'

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Questionnaires for persons in Area 20. Indexed.

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"This man is a cripple, had infantile paralysis. He is a bad lot. Was dismissed for dishonesty. Has been a lot on PA. Home conditions: Entire family lives in one room - known to sanitary inspector. "Terrible home", dirty. Wife a nice woman. Family life thought to be indifferent, owing to husband's betting."

Children: 21.74, 21.11

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"Organic deterioration. Symptoms for several years, had always been peculiar. Very excitable. A widow, husband has a smallholding. House overcrowded, like a byre."

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""Daft sort of a girl" - "has a want". Has an illegitimate child. Dr says this girl is quite soft and a nymphomaniac. Worked for a time on the buses, then in munitions."

Brother: 21.26

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"This girl was a "rough one". Helped in lorrydrivers' cafes, dishonest, had two children before marriage. [Female informant] says they are all promiscuous, mother had a miserable life. Sister now a maid, has both kinds of VD."

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"This boy is in Primary 1. Very retarded owing to lack of schooling. Very sharp boy, lies and swears, filthy and has impetigo. IQ 70-."

Siblings: 21.50, 21.52, 21.53

Scope and Contents "This girl is described by the teacher as definitely simple. She steals and thieves, has a funny eye and is very dirty. Goes about with a sack over her shoulders. She thinks she can sing. Her parents are tinkers and go about in a caravan all summer, living in a cottage in the winter. Father a horse dealer and dealer in old clothes. Mother, aged about 40, brazen type, looks like a Gypsy. Deals in old clothes, always having babies, personally dirty. The family are at present living in a...

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"Hopeless, tries to work but nobody will keep her, runs about half naked. [Male informant] says she is a terrible tyke, an awful object. Practically illiterate. Hasn't been in trouble yet but will come to it."

Parents: 21.79, 21.78

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"Definitely off, illiterate, poor type. [Male informant] She is the cause of the all the trouble, a big blousy bitch, smoking all the time. Never feeds her children properly. Queer and illiterate."

Husband: 21.79 children: 21.76, 21.77, 21.80