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"Certified M.D, not able to work, was savage at school, ineducable. [Male informant] wanted to arrange for her removal but the family would not agree. No PA, very good home conditions. Not overcrowded, no sanitation. Dr confirms but thinks the rest of the family are all right."

Relatives in survey: Siblings 26.13, 26.10.

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"PC says this is a dull sort of fellow - in his opinion backward. He is decent and steady, does not drink. Mother over 70, a tartar. Single man, no children, a farm labourer. According to [male informant] this man and his mother share a bed, but no question of immorality. Housing: 3 rooms, clean, ? harmonious. Mother probably has her own way."

Relatives in survey: 27.14

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"This man lives alone, keeps to himself, never speaks to anyone; nobody knows whether he is single or a widower. He keeps a few cows. Terribly dirty. An evacuee woman, also queer, lives in another part of his house. Three roomed house, filthy. [Male informant] confirms this man goes about in rags, is filthy, keeps a few sheep."

Scope and Contents "This man has suffered from asthma since the last war; has done no work since, is unemployable. Had pneumonia last year and lay in bed much longer than he needed to. Very afraid for himself, every symptom has to be investigated in great detail. He is a great talker, has not teeth, a bit of a masher. Used to be a tram driver. Wife - a miserable specimen, first wife divorced him. Housing: 2 rooms, very poor house, cleanish. Mother, a tartar, very old. Brother, single, sleeps with...

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"This girl had an IQ or 79. 3 roomed cottage, not very clean, harmonious. PC confirms - no delinquency, quiet."

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"This boy had an IQ of 70-. Working on a farm. Father, railwayman, mother in her early 40's. Sister also dull, a lot off school. Very decent people. Housing: 3 rooms for 5 + lodger, clean and harmonious [male informant] says this lad looks MD. Dr says this boy is sub-normal, now working on the railway. Father also dull, TB in family."

Relatives in survey: 27.49, 27.32

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"This woman attended the OPC. Diagnosed with an anxiety neurosis in a schizoid personality. Husband a farm worker, in forces. 3 children. Home conditions: 2 roomed cottage, no conveniences - passable. PSW visited but patient temporarily gone to keep house for an old lady. Brother was a POW, dead?"

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"This boy, a shepherd, is a bit backward, looks dull. Father a farm worker, takes fancies to other women. Mother about 55. Housing: Three rooms, very dirty. Six people (including 2 infants belonging to one or both sisters). Family relationships inharmonious - much quarrelling owing to father's irregularities."

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"This woman is simple and filthy. Can read and write. Husband works on railway, used to be a farm worker. Filthy house, 2 rooms and attic, much quarrellling. Never pay their bills."

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"This lad cannot read or write. He works on a farm, gives no trouble. He is one of a large family of horse-dealers and hawkers. they keep very much to themselves and make a good living by dealing in scrap. House, 4 or 5 rooms, overcrowded, harmonious. Plenty of money, always go to the fair. Clean."

Relatives in survey: Siblings 27.52, 27.51