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'This woman sounds dull and backward. She is very slovenly and slow. Is a cleaner. Was to deliver a chicken to someone but waited 10 days so that it was un-eatable. Lax morally. Illegitimate. House filthy, overcrowded. Nurse confirms that they are very dirty with very dirty habits.'

Relatives in survey: 22.16, 22.49

Scope and Contents 'Mentally defective, simple and soft. [Male informant] says she has a wild look in her eye. Mother dead, father used to be a quarryman. All the children suffered from glands and worms. Housing: dirty. No siblings known. she is maintained by her father. Minister confirms, soft but has improved, some of the children are OK. Nurse confirms, a yes body, couldn't say no to a man. House overcrowded, not so dirty and verminour as it used to be.'Relatives in survey: Children 24.38,...

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'Admitted CR. Rate-aided. Arteriosclerotic dementia. A retired salesman. Parents dead. Married, wife alive. Living conditions probably good - wife seen by PSW. [Male informant] says this man died.'

Scope and Contents 'Backward, lazy, refused to do any school work, aggressive, destructive, used bad language. He is still difficult, is going to the High School. Father killed in an accident, decent. House dirty and smelly. Two rooms, verminous. [Male informant] confirms that the children are the plague of [village]. Nurse confirms - all problems. Too much freedom. PC says that none of them are bright. They are not well looked after e.g. eat buns and lemonade all the time. Lack of parental...

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"This woman is described as a bit slow, doesn't know very much, simple, "trochled", slovenly. RSSPCC have warned her for neglecting her children. House very dirty and untidy, delapidated and surrounded by water - they have to nail up the wallpaper as it would never stick."

Relatives in survey: Son 25.26

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"PS says he has a softness, is weak mentally. Farm servant. Condemned house - dirty. Very bare, they live a hand to mouth existence."

Relatives in survey: Wife 25.52

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"This man, a farm worker, complains of terrible pain in the abdomen and dizzy turns, couldn't walk for it (the dizziness) but can ride a motor bike. Was investigated in hospital. Was ill two years ago with pains in the back and arms and made an awful noise about it. Raved that it was the dampness of his home, but the pains cleared up and he has forgotton the dampness. Lives with his old father, a cripple with arthritis, nice old chap, more guts than his son."

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"This woman is very dull, has rheumatism. [Male informant] confirms she is so dull as to be almost defective, has a vacant eye and a slobbery mouth. Made a forced marriage. Daughter OK. Husband a farm worker. Clean house. Dr confirms she is a bit simple. Has had acute rheumatism. No public assistance."

Relatives in survey: Parents, children 16.102, 16.103

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"Very backward, wet and dirty in school, quite untrained at home, is sent to school in a shocking state. Father 70-80. Mother, 40+, was father's housekeeper, became pregnant and persuaded him to marry her. Works on the smallholding, not bright but very nice. One sibling also illegitimate was killed. Filthy house. Is off with ringworm at present. No public assistance."

Relatives in survey: mother 16.132

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"IQ 74, dull, wouldn't go to school after her siblings died. Now working in cafe. Father on railway, separated from mother. Mother in her 40s. Four siblings died of diphtheria on the same day. One sister surviving. Dirty house, not overcrowded. Dr confirms - not much good. Dour child. [Male informant] confirms that this girl was a bit dull - a problem when she was on the [area name redacted] side. Nurse confirms."

Relatives in survey: mother 16.152