Scope and Contents 'This man has not worked for many years - said to suffer from stomach trouble, not fond of work, lazy and easy going " a horror", makes you feel creepy, "great big slouching brute". Drinks and beats his family. Used to be a hedger or a drainer, never a conscientious worker. Fond of gardening. Nurse says this man is a bully. House filthy, three rooms. Dr says this man is a chronic asthmatic and bronchitic. [Female informant] just a rotten man, drinks. Incomer.'Relatives in survey:...

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"This man is said to be strong-tempered, threatened his wife with a knife, ran after [widow]. PC says he has a lot of ill-wishers, is not so black as he is painted. Drinks a little. Wife died and he married [widow]."

Relatives in survey: Son 3.13

Scope and Contents "This man and his wife are most peculiar, do not get on with anybody, peer round the curtain to see who is at the door. One of them is always ill. House dirty. Nurse: The husband is not so bad as the wife - she is not fit to do much and is very queer. She is his second wife; there are no children. They own the house. [Male informant] says this is a very intellgent man, a miner who went to university. PAO: A cantankerous old man who is at loggerheads with everybody. Convicted of assaulting...

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"Imbecile, dirty, can't keep a job, has been reported to the police for throwing stones. Knocks his mother about a bit but she will not report him. From [male informant] and P.C."

Relatives in survey: Mother 40.2, siblings 40.3, 40.4, 40.6

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"This boy scored nil in the IQ. He is quite good at sums but cannot read. Very quiet and well-behaved. Housing: 3 or 4 rooms for 10, fairly clean, family relationships probably inharmonious as father slaps and swears at the children in public, very rough standards. The family have not been in the village long."

Siblings: 6.97, 6.98 Father 6.99

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"This little boy is a nisance at school, swears, very rough, difficult when he first came. Was slapped and sworn at by his father. [Female informant] does not remember this child but says it is very likely he is at least backward. [Female informant] says he is the most backward child she has ever encountered. His mother says her children can read but you can't hear them."

Siblings: 6.96, 6.98 Father 6.99

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"This woman has a terrible temper, always getting into trouble for it and for leaving the children alone. Husband is blind - she throws things at him. A child was scalded when she threw the kettle at him. House is filthy."

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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

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"Symptoms: restless, agitated, deluded, impulsvie, confused, talk of suicide. Diagnosis "confusion". Is now at home, rather a strange looking woman. She still says silly things, that her husband beats her. Dr confirms - this woman is not too bad now but not right."

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"This man is very bad tempered to his workmen, who never stay with him. Very strict, elder in the kirk, no alcohol. They keep their byres cleaner than their house. Prosperous. This man has a terrible temper - takes it out on his wife and animals - kicks them. Can be very nice, or a coarse uncouth brute. House passably clean, family life miserable. No. P.A."