Housing
Found in 257 Collections and/or Records:
20.42 Female, Single, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, Psychopathic personality, November 1946
'Bad-tempered, embittered woman. Spiteful. She is a cook. She was engaged to be married and had a child but the engagement was broken off. Two illegitimate children. Dirty home, overcrowded. Dr - very fiery tempered and uncontrolled.'
Relatives in survey: 20.43, 20.44
20.47 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, November 1946
'This boy is terribly dull, can't do a thing. Family have moved a lot. Clean house, good mother, not overcrowded. Peaceful. They keep a cow.'
Relatives in survey: father 20.49
20.61 Female, Married, 24-34 yrs, High grade mental defective, February 1947
'Dr says this woman is silly, giggles, never takes anything seriously. House dirty, not overcrowded. Nurse says this woman is peculiar and silly. Inspector says this is a feeble kind of creature.'
20.73 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, November 1946
'Very backward, is to be examined. Is just beginning to add one, reading terrible but writing good. Mother has deserted, certainly mental, thieves and goes with soldiers. Recently had an illegitimate child. House dirty and delapidated, broken windows etc. [Male informant] - all a bit touched. Something should be done about the family - in need of social help.'
Relatives in survey: Siblings 20.76, 20.75, father 20.74
22.10 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Maladjusted child, January 1946
'This child is nervous, her hand trembles when she writes, teacher thinks she has had chorea. [Female teacher] considers her a difficult child, very little power of concentration, unhappy, never smiles or plays with the other children. Mother about 45, "a browbeaten object, but honest", "completely weakminded". Works in fields. [Subject] is very poorly clad - is bullied and beaten by her father. Condemned house.'
Relatives in survey: sibling 22.9 father 22.8
22.12 Female, Married, 55-64 yrs, Undiagnosed, March 1946
'This woman is morose and introspective, when she is ill will volunteer nothing about herself but lies looking at the ceiling. Husband a farm worker. Clean house.'
22.18 Female, Separated or divorced, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, May 1946
'This woman is subnormal and mental, slovenly. She has four children. House dirty. She has one illegitimate child and another expected.'
Relatives in survey: husband 22.17, children 22.21, 22.20, 22.19
22.22 Male, Married, 25-34 yrs, Psychopathic personality, January 1946
'This man is said to be a bad lot and very immoral. He is illegitimate. Married to a nice though feckless woman. PC thinks this man is all right. His children are bright. [Female informant] just a low lout, poaches. if he could do you a dirty he would. Has not worked for 8 months. House clean, not overcrowded. Dr - this man was in a depressive state last summer. Was out of work for a time. Has an illegitimate child. '
22.24 Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, Anxiety neurosis, March 1946
'This woman is very highly strung, nervous about herself. "Goes right up to the top about not very much". Husband a farm worker, superior sort of man. Good house, clean, not overcrowded, very well-doing people.'
Relatives in survey: 22.25
22.32 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Maladjusted child, January 1946
'This child suffers from "extreme nerves". Mother a tyrant. Very clean house. [Female teacher] says this girl never settled at school, frightfully excitable, would rather lie than tell the truth.'
Relatives in survey: 22.31