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Housing, Rural

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 177 Collections and/or Records:

16.70 Male, Widowed, 45-54 yrs, High grade mental defective, February 1947

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

"Dull and lazy, a labourer, not alcoholic, not much to him. Mother dead. Siblings scattered. Wife dead. No children. He and his wife had two adopted children. Dr: A bit soft. No Public assistance. Nurse: MD, does not know much. Clean house. Steady work record."


Relatives in survey: Children 16.209, 16.162

Dates: Other: February 1947

16.85 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, December 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents "IQ 80, a card. Has been in trouble for damaging an empty house, always truanting. Father, a labourer. Mother was in the ATS. Siblings - big family of older ones, all dull, rather a low type. Some of the girls were in the ATS. Nurse confirms. All this family are deficient, especially the girls. One girl has been in trouble with the police. The girls are step siblings. Now in a prefab, quite clean, overcrowded. No public assistance. Dr. says all the girls were unstable. Condemned house. 4...
Dates: Other: December 1946

16.88 Male, Married, 25-34 yrs, Psychopathic personality, Physical illness or invalidism, December 1946

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

"A little twister, on and off Public assistance, suffers from asthma and bronchitis, a very casual labourer. Married, has 4 or 5 children. Nurse says the children are not dull. Wife's brother lives with them. They only have one room but it is very big. Dirty, inharmonious. All in one room, dirty. Children filthy. Unsteady work record - on benefit just now."


Relatives in survey: Mother 16.195, sister 16.194, 31.39, 31.40

Dates: Other: December 1946

16.98 Male, Widowed, Over 65 yrs, Senile and Arterio-sclerotic psychoses, February 1947

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

"Dr says this old man is odd, has had a stroke. Nurse thinks this man looks syphilitic. He is retired. Wife died of GPI several years ago. Son, peculiar manner and solitary, lives with him, works in the factory. House fairly clean - the old man looks after it."


Relatives in survey: Son [16.310]

Dates: Other: February 1947

17.19 Male, Single, 25-34 yrs, High grade mental defective, Stammering, December 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/16
Scope and Contents

"Farm worker, has a very halting speech. Nurse confirms - defective, funny speech. Is really out of control. Can only work on family's farm."


Relatives in survey: mother 17.20, siblings 17.22, 17.21, 17.24, 17.23

Dates: Other: December 1946

17.26 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, September 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/16
Scope and Contents

"Dull and deficient. They used to live twelve to two rooms, now they are 11 in 3 rooms. The older ones have a reputation for dishonesty."


Relatives in survey: Mother 17.29, father 17.32, siblings 17.27, 17.28, 17.34, 17.33

Dates: Other: September 1946

17.36 Male, Married, 55-64 yrs, Alcoholism, December 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/16
Scope and Contents

"This man, a gamekeeper, drinks. Not a very satisfactory home, children permanent bad attenders. Very remote, two miles from the bus."


Relatives in survey: wife 17.35, children 17.39, 17.38, 17.37

Dates: Other: December 1946

19.29 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, November 1945

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/18
Scope and Contents

'This boy had an IQ of 78 when he was at school. . He is now considered smart, is working on a farm. Housing: three rooms for 7 or 8, clean. Dr - constant rows, heads requiring to be stitched up. Rows every Saturday night.'


Relatives in survey: father 19.53, siblings 19.54, 19.30, 19.31

Dates: Other: November 1945

19.42 Male, Widowed, Married, 55-64 yrs, Psychopathic personality, November 1945

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/18
Scope and Contents 'This man is a famous poacher and ne'er-do-well, has had convictions for poaching and assault. Considered a waster. Used to live on his wits and PA, has worked for ICI and the Air Ministry as a labourer. Denounced by the rest of his family. Father, dead, old soldier and innkeeper. Twice married, second wife an intelligent woman. Housing: 2 rooms for 5 adults and child. Clean. Dr confirms - a pleasant rogue, used to poach for excitement, used to pay the doctor in salmon. Had been very...
Dates: Other: November 1945

19.66 Male, Single, 25-34 yrs, Schizophrenia, May 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/18
Scope and Contents

"This man goes about without shaving, wears eccentric clothes, is very dependent on his father. Works his father's farm. Will go like his father."


Relatives in survey: Father, [19.65]

Dates: Other: May 1946