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"A villainous character, a brute and a bully, drinks heavily. Clever. Has had a lot of jobs, does well for 2-3 months, then gets sacked or creates trouble. A braggart. Clever but wicked. Son [34.31], another son, very decent "a proper Jessie". Dr confirms, this man has stopped drinking and taken to bicarb. of soda - his stomach troubles him - poacher, thief, rogue, twister. Family are very nice, however."

Relatives in survey: Son 34.31

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"Simple, when she came home from having a caesarian operation, she maintained that she had been circumcised. Dr confirms she is stupid and a slattern."

Scope and Contents "Deaf in right ear. Imagined people were behind him in dark. Denies having heard voices. Does not remember having ever been afraid of certain colours. Was in army for 7 months. Discharged because of depression. Worried about trifles ever since his sister was killed. Has no parents, but has quite a few friends. Very sensitive about his discharge from the army and feels that people regard him as a shirker and try to find out in a round about way why he was discharged. On joining the army was...

Scope and Contents "Has also been up for stealing. Once nearly killed a policeman while on a poaching expedition. Farm worker, not a very satisfactory workman. Drinks. One of a large family. A sister went with British Hondurans. Married, one or two children. No public assistance. Nurse doesn't really know him but [male informant] confirms that he is a wrong 'un and promiscuous. Dr confirms a bad temper, not very bright. His mother is the fattest woman in [redacted]."Relatives in survey: Brother...

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"Just a prostitute, dull. Husband, a labourer, was in the army, also dull. RC Irish. Children: One or two died early. Daughter died at birth, spina bifida. Again pregnant. Some of them are illegitimate. From Nurse. Dirty. Dr confirms that she is dull but does not know what the children are like. Nurse says the children are not too bad."

Relatives in survey: Son 16.288, mother 16.118

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"Said to be MD, a bit funny. [Male informant] says she is flighty but dull, now working in hotel. [Male informant] thinks she has had two or three illegitimate children. Very undesirable. No public assistance."

Relatives in survey: Mother 16.118

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"IQ was 81, [Male informant] considers her very dull. Father a smallholder. Dirty. Mother, 40-50, very dull and bovine, very untidy, no appearance of intelligence, nose always at the grindstone. No public assistance."

Relatives in survey: mother 16.155, siblings 16.156, 16.157

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"Can hardly read, no sense of responsibility, very backward. Illegitimate. Housing not very clean. A nephew of the mother lives with them. Dr - with each pregnancy the mother hopes to catch a husband."

Relatives in survey: Mother [16.180]; sibling [16.179]

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"This girl ran away with a soldier during the war, had a baby in an institution in England. She is now living at home and working in [area name redacted]. Still unmarried, a loose type of girl. Wears glasses. Applied for PA but was refused."

Relatives in survey: Half brother 16.85; sister 16.230

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"In D section, IQ 74. Not interested in anything. Has had various jobs since leaving school, was in a factory, made an attempt at domestic service. Awful household. Probably illegitimate, lived with her aunt who got involved with an Newfoundler. Has had a child too, wanders about, looks an awful trollope. LE: Unsteady work record, a little rat. Nurse - is pregnant again."