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"Promiscuous and immoral. Feckless, but can look nice. Mother dead. Sergt. - a proper gyp, a dead wrong one. No PA, was offered indoor relief but refused it. Known to RSSPCC. Nurse: A problem woman, dirty, soft and MD. Labour exchange - working as a char, a bad lot."

Relatives in survey: children 28.14, 28.15

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"This old woman used to be a sort of tinker. Condemned house, two rooms for 2. Temper - knocked her daughter about. County cottage, no conveniences. PAO: "A cantankerous din-raising old madam." Looks all right but you would not trust her."

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"This girl is thickheaded, you can never do anything with her, has not got a brain to develop. IQ will probably be about 70. Family have not got a good social background. For a time a menage a trois. Mother was also going with soldiers and black men - was reprimanded for neglect of the children. [Male informant] refused to be drawn on their morals - says there is something nice about them."

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"IQ 78, exempt from control exam, athletic. Seen by [male informant] who thought he looked run down and unhappy. Deaf? Fuzzy negroid hair, but blond. A little backward. Mother's people are all right."

Relatives in survey: Father 40.67 mother 40.66

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"This woman is soft and dull. Husband a farm worker. Three children under school age. Inspector - " a cunning tinker", a poor lot. Dr - thouless, dirty, hard up."

Relatives in survey: Sister 42.13

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"IQ of 75. Now working in factory in [area]. Dull. Mother dead. Stupid woman - had an acute obstruction and refused to go to hospital. Sister had a halfcaste baby which died. No public assistance for a long time. Clean and respectable family. The siblings are all dull like [patient] but look nice and quiet. One is married."

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"A terrible woman, assaults her husband, drinks. Nurse confirms - insane temper, quarrelsome, not clean. Dr says this woman is of gypsy stock, has dragged her husband down. He once nearly murdered her."

Relatives in survey: Husband 16.238; children 16.241, 16.240

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"This woman is defective (nurse), has had an awful life. A quarrelsome type, very rough tongues. Daughter IQ 70, a psychopath, now married. Spent the night in the nigger's camp."

Relatives in survey: Grandchild 16.255, son 16.258

Scope and Contents "This is one of the local characters, will neither work nor want, has been on PA all his days. Labourer really. Married, six children. [Female informant]: Gipsy type, awful poacher, dull too. Dr confirms - asthma and poaching. Very nice family, have done well. One son had neurosis after Dunkirk and was discharged from the army. LE: Unsteady work record, O.O.W just now, nobody will employ him. Was on U.A.B for a time before the war. Was fined for having government property in his...

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"Decidedly eccentric, wears Wellingtons and an umbrella in the sunniest weather. Lives alone, house filthy. Minister confirms. Solitary type, does not answer a knock on the door, queer, swarthy type, almost a gipsy. A recluse. Does her shopping in Carlise. Has private means. Not an alcoholic."