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Housing, Rural

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 177 Collections and/or Records:

15.70 Female, Married, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, March 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/14
Scope and Contents

"This woman is very dirty and stupid, smokes 30 cigarettes a day, cannot keep a house. 3 roomed cottage, filthy."

Dates: Other: March 1946

15.73 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, March 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/14
Scope and Contents

"This girl is backward, cannot speak properly, has a cleft palate, gets sillier every day. She is illegitimate. Home: 3 rooms, fairly clean. Dr says this girl is a bit M.D. Weak stock, much T.B. No P.A."

Dates: Other: March 1946

15.77 Female, Over 65 yrs, Suspected psychiatric illness, Physical illness or invalidism, March 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/14
Scope and Contents

"This woman, a widow, used to drink a bit. Nurse confirms that she is a bit peculiar. Very dirty, has a bad heart. Lives alone. Two rooms, dirty."

Dates: Other: March 1946

16.24 Female, Single, 45-54 yrs, High grade mental defective, February 1947

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"This woman is not bright, looks deficient, vacant. Nurse confirms that she is mentally deficient. Mother dead. Two brothers, farm workers - she keeps house for them. Sister away, in trouble for concealing a birth. Illegitimate son. Dirty condemned house, overcrowded."


Relatives in survey: son 16.25

Dates: Other: February 1947

16.32 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, February 1947

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"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."

Dates: Other: February 1947

16.55 Female, Single, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, February 1947

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"A bit feebleminded. Has an illegitimate daughter. Mother dead, was peculiar. From [area], a warrior. Nurse says she is deficient. Now a factory worker. Clean house. [Male informant]: Not feebleminded but a bit slow. Condemned house. 2 rooms."


Relatives in survey: 16.264, sister's children 16.53, 16.54

Dates: Other: February 1947

16.58 Female, Single, 45-54 yrs, Schizophrenia, January 1947

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"Private patient. Nurse: This woman was never fit for work, was queer for a long time, lived alone. Parents dead. She used to take the doctor presents of nettles or a stone or wine. Broke up her front doorstep so that she wouldn't have to wash it. Her sister has been almost hysterical since the death of her husband but is getting better. Condemned house. 1 room."


Relatives in survey: siblings 16.56, 16.106

Dates: Other: January 1947

16.62 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, January 1947

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"Nurse says this woman is deficient and has TB. Married daughter with TB. Home dirty, children have verminous heads, not overcrowded now, harmonious. Dr. says she was a gypsy. Has TB. Condemned house."


Relatives in survey: Husband [16.63] Children: 9 or 10 including [16.59, 16.60, 16.61]

Dates: Other: January 1947

16.68 Male, Married, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, December 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"This man, a worker on the railway, is said to be dull. A boarded-out child, no information about siblings or parents. Condemned house, 3 rooms."


Relatives in survey: Wife 16.66, son 16.69

Dates: Other: December 1946

16.69 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Low grade mental defective, December 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"Very dull, practically unteachable. IQ 70. Father works on the railway, also dull. One sister, bright. [Male informant]: Nice lad, easily managed, but awfully dull. Home OK. Clean. No public assistance. Condemned house, 3 rooms."


Relatives in survey: Mother [16.66], Father [16.68]

Dates: Other: December 1946