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Ad[mitted] to C.R.under certificate. "MENTAL DEFECTIVE OF IMBECILE GRADE". Parents separated. Father in jail at one time. Instrumental birth? Little's Disease. P.C. confirms. This girl was boarded out with [relative] who was unkind to her - Police wanted her removed - he beat her. A difficult man, quarrelled with the neighbours. House passable, not over-crowded.

Scope and Contents 'This man has not worked for many years - said to suffer from stomach trouble, not fond of work, lazy and easy going " a horror", makes you feel creepy, "great big slouching brute". Drinks and beats his family. Used to be a hedger or a drainer, never a conscientious worker. Fond of gardening. Nurse says this man is a bully. House filthy, three rooms. Dr says this man is a chronic asthmatic and bronchitic. [Female informant] just a rotten man, drinks. Incomer.'Relatives in survey:...

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"This woman is a bad lot, immoral, just a bitch. Husband has had an awful time with her - on one occasion he threw a teapot at her. She had an affair with their lodger, husband had to sleep in the shed. Just a randy."

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"This man is said to be strong-tempered, threatened his wife with a knife, ran after [widow]. PC says he has a lot of ill-wishers, is not so black as he is painted. Drinks a little. Wife died and he married [widow]."

Relatives in survey: Son 3.13

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"Imbecile, dirty, can't keep a job, has been reported to the police for throwing stones. Knocks his mother about a bit but she will not report him. From [male informant] and P.C."

Relatives in survey: Mother 40.2, siblings 40.3, 40.4, 40.6

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"This man is ploughman. He drinks, abuses his wife, has been to prison for poaching. Dr confirms - a persistent poacher."

Relatives in survey: wife 11.33 children 11.34, 11.35, 11.36, 11.78

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"This woman was queer for a time - said her husband hammered her but there was no sign of it; was thought to be going off her head. Doctor was there a lot, some awful rows at night. Has now been quiet for a long time. Is said to come from a queer family. Husband a quarry worker, a gem. [Male informant] confirms - hysterical, neurotic, worrying, very vivid imagination. Clean house, not overcrowded."

Relatives in survey: child 11.56

Relatives in survey: Husband

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"Symptoms: restless, agitated, deluded, impulsvie, confused, talk of suicide. Diagnosis "confusion". Is now at home, rather a strange looking woman. She still says silly things, that her husband beats her. Dr confirms - this woman is not too bad now but not right."

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"This man is very bad tempered to his workmen, who never stay with him. Very strict, elder in the kirk, no alcohol. They keep their byres cleaner than their house. Prosperous. This man has a terrible temper - takes it out on his wife and animals - kicks them. Can be very nice, or a coarse uncouth brute. House passably clean, family life miserable. No. P.A."

Scope and Contents "Very dull, unsociable. Married and has one child, a girl, dull. Dull, used to work in the factory. Husband a bad lot, used to knock her about. Cannot confirm that husband is unsatisfactory. They now have another child. Nurse: Has two children and is expecting another. Husband had left her but is back again. Children are all right. Clean house. Dr. thinks this woman is just ordinary, husband not dull. No public assistance. Husband was in the army during the war."Relatives in...