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"Diagnosis: Melancholia. "Decidedly queer, off it". Rate aided patient. Occupation - domestic servant. In CRI 3 times. "Morose, won't answer questions. Threatens to kill mother. Raves all night. Says she is tired of life. Attempted to commit suicide". Not able to work."

Relatives in survey: brother 28.138

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"This boy will have an IQ of under 70 when he is tested. Very dull. Good modern house, not a good home - father batters the family when drunk, wife throws him out and he goes to the Model Lodging House."

Scope and Contents INTVER includes a brief description of the interior decoration which includes lots of artificial flowers and fruits. The summary consists mainly of anecdotes about life in Lapicide Place, Leith. INTVEE was told it was riddled with bugs when she first moved in but thought the younger women had cleaner houses because of labour saving devices but the older women thought the opposite because they would scrub the stair instead of just mopping it. She has a number of friends who she drinks tea...

Scope and Contents One INTVEE had grown up in Pitt Street and lived in Lapicide Place, would like to return to Leith primarily because of the shops. She probably has better neighbours in Muirhouse but dislikes the balcony layout, preferring stair layout because it allows more privacy. The stairs themselves in Leith were dark but once you were in your own house you were all right. No decent walls in the new houses, can hear everything. Complained that the sun was on the wrong side to the balconies but was told...

Scope and Contents INTVEE lives on her own in a four apartment flat. INTVER writes that "it is decorated in the 'chocolate and porridge' variety of her generation". She has lived in her house for 24 years having moved from Leith. Her husband was violent and she is quoted as saying of her children "he nearly used to kill them sometimes with the belt". She has four living children out of 13 pregnancies. She would like a smaller house but to remain in the district. She belongs to the Old Age Pensioners...

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: Living accommodation; family life; schools, domestic violence.Accommodation: INTVEE is a married woman with children. She has never liked the district and doesn't like the shape of the rooms in the house which are long and narrow as opposed to square. Each family is allotted a day for using the back green and she was upset if neighbours who weren't using it wouldn't let her have the extra time. The bedroom suite, sideboard-cum-cocktail cabinet and...

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: Neighbours; employment; domestic violence.Domestic violence: INTVEE married to a violent alcoholic but feels tied to him as he'd be helpless without her, she also has nowhere to go. At the time of the interview her arm was in plaster. Worries about the effect on her children, some of whom drink themselves and another who is a bag of nerves.Neighbours: INTVEE's opinion of the neighbours is that they are only friendly if they want...

Scope and Contents INTVEE lives with her husband and five children in a block of six flats. They had waited five years for the house and have been tyring to move since they came. INTVEE complains of the impossibility of keeping the stair in a decent condition owing to the number of youths lounging about and using it as a lavatory and leaving rubbish, attracted by the shop windows. INTVER describes the house as showing no sign of lack of money in its furnishings but scruffy and untidy. Children adequately...

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: Marital relations; family finance; sex education; pregnancy and child rearing.Marital Relations: INTVEE was pregnant at the time of the interview and worried about her husband's drinking and violent and aggressive behaviour. INTVR observes broken door panels but INTVEE blames this on one of her sons. INTVR writes "she told me she had 'fell' again". INTVEE had talked to her doctor who had promised he would speak to her husband next time he was in but he...

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INTVEE has over 10 children and is married to a violent alcoholic. One of her chidren has behavioural problems and can also be aggressive. INTVER does not conduct an interview but contacts health professionals to ask what can be done. She is assured that the situation is known and INTVEE will not have long to wait for assistance regarding her child.