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"Seems a problem child, always hitting [the little girl] with whom he lives. Slow. Illegitimate. Nurse says this child and his mother have gone to a hovel in Dumfries."

Relatives in survey: Mother 39.69

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"This man threatened to shoot his sister years ago."

Relatives in survey: mother 43.14

Includes correspondence with The Retreat, York.

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"Dull and backward but not MD. She was ill-treated by her aunt. She ran away and was employed for a time in a Sanitorium. She had an illegitimate child which died. Now keeping house for her uncle."

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"This woman is said to be dull, but not very. She had her son by her own father. Her husband is an estate worker. Father died at 80, was dull. Mother dead. Dr says she is a peculiar, wizened woman. PC thinks she is all right. [Male informant] says she got very little education as she had to do a lot of farm work."

Relatives in survey: 44.40

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"Hysterical but capable. Her uncle was said to have had a family by his daughter, all now practically imbecile. Another uncle committed suicide."

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"PC says this girl will go the wrong way with men, was recently walking out with a chap who kicked her in the face."

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"O.T. score 13. Thoroughly bad, Thrashes his father. Has had syphilis and g.c. twice. Housebreaking and theft."

Scope and Contents "After-care - anxiety state, chronic, severe, unspecified. Discharged from the army on this account. Symptoms began 1945. Used to be a farm worker, enlisted 1933, deserted 1935, very poor work record from then until he enlisted in 1940. He is now a railway worker. Father, a small holder, was in court for stealing. 55+ May be illegitimate. Married, has had differences with his wife. Children are all right but very bad tempered. Inharmonious. Work record unsteady. Nurse confirms that they are...

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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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"General labourer, has had lots of jobs, drinks, has done time for assaulting his wife. A problem, thieves. Children are thought to be quite smart. House fairly clean, not overcrowded now, disturbed. No PA since the war but a lot before. He was a good craftsman but his wife dragged him down. The older children are a poaching shiftless lot. Employers won't have him."

Relatives in survey: Wife 16.237; children 16.241, 16.240