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"This man is poor, used to be very lazy, used to drink. He has improved. Illegitimate and perhaps the child of an incestuous union."

Relatives in survey: Wife 3.62 children 3.61

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"Committed incest. Farm worker, very good worker. Wife, dead, was a decent woman. Home conditions said to be awful - house like a pigstye. Known to RSSPCC. [Male informant] says both this man and his daughter were defective."

Relatives in survey: children 12.55, 12.52, 12.53, 12.51, 12.56, 12.54

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"Simple in her talk, a moral defective, had six children to her father. Simple but knew she was doing wrong. Died after giving birth."

Relatives in survey: 12.50

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'This man is soft mentally. Committed incest with his sister.'

Relatives in survey: Sister 32.112

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"Deaf, mental and troublesome. Said to have had 4-5 children to her own father."

Relatives in survey: children 42.13, 42.10, 3.60

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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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"This boy was excluded from ordinary school by MO. Behaved very badly in the bus, knocked people's hats off. [Male informant] says this boy is the result of an incestuous relationship between his mother and her own father. He is undersized but strongly built, repulsive to look at, has the mentality of a child. Is at present in an institution. Rev. said this boy was homicidal."

Relatives in survey: Mother 44.28

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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."

Scope and Contents "A real bad one, just wandering about drinking, lazy, good for nothing. Supposed to have had [child?] with one of his daughters. Wife dead. Died in difficult confinement. Very bad family. Neglect of family. Dr confirms they were a poor family. Father committed incest with daughter, now married, she had an illegitimate child which died of abdominal TB. Housing was filthy - he has seen one of the children eating from one side of the cat's plate while the cat ate from the...

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Topics discussed include: Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM) moving premises; the University of Edinburgh's Gaysoc; the Edinburgh Gay Switchboard's (EGS) youth strategy; and a party for Friends of Gay Switchboard (FROGS).

EGS training is discussed including training evenings on religion, promiscuity, bereavement, and incest. Lesbian Line training is also discussed and a list of trainees and mentors for both Lesbian Line and EGS is provided.