Scope and Contents "This lad had an IQ of 80. He was in the hands of the police about two years ago for burglary - "just a bad boy". Father, a labourer, often out of work but employed at present. Mother dead - no proper home life. [Male informant] says this is just a big dull family, largely owing to the lack of proper home life. Housing: Two rooms for 4 or 5; formerly very overcrowded. Fairly clean, harmonious. [Male informant] confirms he is a problem - has been allowed to run wild. PAO confirms that this is...

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"This lad was regarded as a borderline case at school - very dull. Is now doing farm work. IQ 70. Father, dead, was a diabetic. Mother aged about 50. Decent, clean people, three rooms for 4, harmonious. PC says these are both "steerin' boys", good at farm work but will not go much further."

Relatives in survey: sibling 11.32

Scope and Contents "This woman has a definite want about her [male informant]. A wee bit soft, but clean. Said to be very deaf. PC thinks all the children look "hungered", all look dull. Housing: "a wee bit pigsty" - two ends, condemned, case for Sanitary Inspector. Family relationships not harmonious - quarrelling and fighting, either parent rushing off to phone the police about the other. Dr says this woman is simple but the decenter of the two. She is a farmer's daughter, had to get married. Dr thinks this...

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"Developmental age of about 3 years, has the physical appearance of a defective. Can speak only a few words. Father, 36, tenant of a small farm. Mother, 40, a little nervous. Good home conditions, harmonious. Delicate, nervous child, bronchitis, kidney trouble."

Relatives in survey: Father, Mother

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"This lad has a slight stammer, is otherwise all right. Works on father's farm. Information from Doctor."

Relatives in survey: Father 11.14

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"This woman has a definite want. She and her husband live very quietly, never have visitors - the minister has never been over the doorstep. Dr says this woman is not frank and difficult to talk to. Living conditions good, not overcrowded, harmonious so far as known."

Relatives in survey: daughter 11.45, granddaughter 11.48

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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

Scope and Contents "The child has a comparatively lonely existence. She has gone almost completely off her sleep and she is masturbating. Dr says "the symptoms are all of the neurotic variety and are probably due to her recent illnesses lowering her resistance to a natrual jealousy of her younger sibling. I told her mother to continue with a nightly sedative. The prognosis is quite good". Mother considered by Dr to be a worrying, nervous type. Thought her child was becoming schizophrenic. Housing: very good, 4...

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"This girl has a speech defect, is slightly deaf, very dull, a horrible writer. Her speech and writing are grade D. Father a farmer. Mother 38-40, not bright. Comfortably off, clean. Good farmer, well-doing. PC has not noticed anything wrong with this girl. Very big for her age. Dr - not very bright - he thinks it comes from the mother's side. Nurse confirms - this girl has a very bad lisp but it may come all right."

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"This boy stammers, is about two years retarded but not MD. He comes from a backward family. Father, a foreman on a farm. Mother in her 30's, did not speak properly until she was 9. Nice house, clean, not overcrowded, nice family. PC says these boys are ill devils - he has been after them a few times for letting hens out, breaking eggs, catching rabbits etc."

Relatives in survey: father, mother, siblings 11.64, 11.65