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'Restless and aggressive, a nuisance to the other children. Has got very much on the teacher's nerves. IQ 82, will be going to LS. Father works on railways. Decent, different from his wife. Two roomed cottage, fairly clean. Not overcrowded, inharmonious. Nurse confirms. Sisters were wayward, went out after men, were encouraged by their mother to do so. The father would not take daughter back after her illegit.'

Relatives in survey: Siblings 24.50, 24.51 Mother 24.48

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'Stout, slovenly, nice and easy-going. [Male informant] says that he is dull. Had a name in [district] for running after men. Erratic - house sometimes well kept but at other times untidy and dirty. [Male informant] says they are a poor type of family and that she and her husband are both poor mentally. [married daughter] sounds completely psychopathic. [Son] "A monster without a brain".'

Relatives in survey: Husband 24.60 Children 24.61

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'Unsatisfactory character, has a reputation for petty thieving, went out a lot dancing and drinking with soldiers. Neglected her children. Father basketmaker. Mother dead, TB. Two rooms fairly clean. She has been a maid for two years and did not steal. Husband killed in war, has married again. Nurse confirms, plausible, generous, quite considerate. Swears. Not married yet. PAO confirms, bad tempered, bad type. No PA.'

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'[Male informant] says this man is queer. A farmer, was in a very poor way before the war, now well off. Wants to divorce his wife and marry his housekeeper. He was very stingy and unsympathetic about his wife's illness, would not allow her any pocket money etc. Home conditions: OK. Minister says there is something very much wrong with him. Has a terrific temper.'

Relatives in survey: Wife 24.76

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'This girl is said to have a bad moral character. She has a police record [for theft]. She has two illegitimate children. She is working in munitions. She often used to sleep out, which worried her mother very much. Mother about 55, a decent respectable woman, normal. Father, dead.'

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"This woman is described as "awfu' dirty", bad-tempered and a loose liver; goes to a lot of dances with soldiers. Big, blousy woman. She was in trouble with the RSSPCC for leaving her children unattended, but was able to make good her case."

Relatives in survey: Children 25.17, 25.18, 25.19, niece 2.33

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"Sergeant says she is a very bad girl. Was in service but spent many nights sleeping in the town with soldiers. Is now at home looking after an illegitimate child. Says this family used to live 14 in 3 rooms, just like rabbits."

Relatives in survey: Mother 25.23, siblings 25.39, 25.41, 25.42

Scope and Contents "This woman is described as thoughtless and silly, of low mentality. [Male informant] says she and her husband are both backward. She is pregnant. Husband a dairyman, earns £6 a week, scabies. Housing: Sergeant says it is a fearsome sight. Rooms - children usually clean but very untidy. Many rows. PC says this woman is a problem - very low type. She is also unfaithful to her husband. [Gynaecologist] wanted to sterilise this woman but husband would not agree."Relatives in survey:...

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"Promiscuous and immoral. Feckless, but can look nice. Mother dead. Sergt. - a proper gyp, a dead wrong one. No PA, was offered indoor relief but refused it. Known to RSSPCC. Nurse: A problem woman, dirty, soft and MD. Labour exchange - working as a char, a bad lot."

Relatives in survey: children 28.14, 28.15

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"Said to be "fairly free", a dead wrong one. Illegitimate. No PA. working in the mills, not very steady, spending a lot of time with the Poles, staying out late dancing etc. getting a bad name. "A menace during the war". Lives with her grandfather, reasonably clean house."

Relatives in survey: Mother 28.13, sibling 28.15