Housing
Found in 257 Collections and/or Records:
24.57 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, July 1947
'IQ 72. Present work: Farm worker. PC confirms. He doesn't take things in. Clean house. Minister: Doing well in the army, decent family.'
24.59 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, High grade mental defective, July 1947
'Stout, slovenly, nice and easy-going. [Male informant] says that he is dull. Had a name in [district] for running after men. Erratic - house sometimes well kept but at other times untidy and dirty. [Male informant] says they are a poor type of family and that she and her husband are both poor mentally. [married daughter] sounds completely psychopathic. [Son] "A monster without a brain".'
Relatives in survey: Husband 24.60 Children 24.61
24.61 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Maladjusted child, July 1947
'IQ 82, dull. Very difficult boy, terribly lazy, fat, caused trouble. Bad influence. Problem child. Illegitimate? Father a farm worker. Mother, probably dull, stout, slovenly, easy-going. Fairly clean house. Not overcrowded now. PC - gland trouble? Lethargic, does not want to do very much. Minister confirms. Very backward and "stupid with nicotine".'
Relatives in survey: Father 24.60 Mother 24.59
24.74 Female, Married, 55-64 yrs, Suspected psychiatric illness, July 1947
'Not very honest, there are tales about her in the village, will be trouble yet. From PC. Clean house. Nurse is doubtful about her inclusion. [Female informant]'s delusions are the cause of this rumour.'
Relatives in survey: Grandchild 24.7
24.75 Male, Separated or divorced, 45-54 yrs, Psychopathic personality, July 1947
'[Male informant] says this man is queer. A farmer, was in a very poor way before the war, now well off. Wants to divorce his wife and marry his housekeeper. He was very stingy and unsympathetic about his wife's illness, would not allow her any pocket money etc. Home conditions: OK. Minister says there is something very much wrong with him. Has a terrific temper.'
Relatives in survey: Wife 24.76
24.76 Female, Separated or divorced, 35-44 yrs, Other organic psychoses (dementia), December 1945
24.77 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, July 1947
'MD, had an illegitimate baby - admitted to having had sexual intercourse with her father. Mother died when she was 14. Two roomed house, dirty. PC thinks she seems quite normal, reserved. Nurse - giggly and irresponsible rather than dull.'
24.80 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Low grade mental defective, July 1947
'Diagnosis: Mental deficiency. Straightforward mongol with a fair degree of backwardness. Was friendly, pleasantly noisy and very apparently of happy disposition. Siblings bright and normal. Mother was ill during pregnancy. Very often sick. Health otherwise good. Also worried because her children had fever during her pregnancy. Father, healthy, gamekeeper. No miscarriages or still births. No alcoholism in family. Good house, not overcrowded, clean - mother had a mania for cleanliness.'
24.82 Male, Single, 35-44 yrs, Alcoholism, Psychopathic personality, July 1947
'Alcoholic, often pretty bad. Single, lives in the bothy, farm labourer. Nurse says he is a lunatic when drunk. No army service. Has body lice. Father killed on railway. Mother dead? Brought up by grandmother who spoilt him. Minister: A crazy fool, was in trouble at a farm for stealing.'
24.83 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, July 1947
'MD, attended special class. Father, quarry worker. Mother a big stout woman, not healthy, 40+, acid condition. Good home, clean. Nurse confirms, simple, will be able to work under control. Minister confirms, MD, parents OK.'