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""Daft sort of a girl" - "has a want". Has an illegitimate child. Dr says this girl is quite soft and a nymphomaniac. Worked for a time on the buses, then in munitions."

Brother: 21.26

Scope and Contents 'This man, a ploughman tractor driver, is a bad lot, gave his wife dog's abuse, is now living with his mother and chasing round after a divorcee. Father dead. Nurse agrees that this is an awful man. His wife is slovenly, always smoking, only gets 25/- a week and the kids don't get a chance. PAO wife gets 35/- a week separation allowance, but 9/6 comes off for rent and milk. She has applied for relief but was referred to her husband. [Female informant] says this man is a real bad egg, would...

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'This high grade imbecile can read and write a little. Has a history of indecent exposure and attacks on women and is always under observation. He has a fixed vacant stare, cannot answer simple questions such as where he was born, name of his father and mother, does not know some coins such as half crown, did not know what he had for dinner which was only two hours previously. No relations known. No occupation.'

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'Pretty backward, now a farm worker. One of a badly dressed, badly looked after family, all very dirty. They all had very interuppted schooling. Father a dairyman, mother, over 40, an awufl woman, went with Italians.'

Relatives in survey: Siblings 22.55, 22.57 mother 22.56

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'Described as an awful woman, went with Italians. Keeps a very dirty house.'

Relatives in survey: children 22.54, 22.55, 22.57

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'Notorious in the district because of her immoral behaviour. Was going with an old man. Mother worked in munitions "wears a fur coat and has a young man". Father died. Nurse says she has always been a problem. Difficult at school. Used to lock herself in a room with [other children], thought to have taught them bad habits, trailed them about the roads.'

Relatives in survey: Sibling 24.5

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'Stout, slovenly, nice and easy-going. [Male informant] says that he is dull. Had a name in [district] for running after men. Erratic - house sometimes well kept but at other times untidy and dirty. [Male informant] says they are a poor type of family and that she and her husband are both poor mentally. [married daughter] sounds completely psychopathic. [Son] "A monster without a brain".'

Relatives in survey: Husband 24.60 Children 24.61

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'Unsatisfactory character, has a reputation for petty thieving, went out a lot dancing and drinking with soldiers. Neglected her children. Father basketmaker. Mother dead, TB. Two rooms fairly clean. She has been a maid for two years and did not steal. Husband killed in war, has married again. Nurse confirms, plausible, generous, quite considerate. Swears. Not married yet. PAO confirms, bad tempered, bad type. No PA.'

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"Sergeant says she is a very bad girl. Was in service but spent many nights sleeping in the town with soldiers. Is now at home looking after an illegitimate child. Says this family used to live 14 in 3 rooms, just like rabbits."

Relatives in survey: Mother 25.23, siblings 25.39, 25.41, 25.42

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"This woman sounds a bit queer. She masturbates and worried about it - wrote to some popular psychologists about it. 2 children."