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"This girl had an IQ of 71. She is now working in the Land Army. [Male informant] confirms that she is backward. [Female informant] says this girl was very stupid, could not do anything, but a nice girl. PC says that she is the only one of the family who is compos mentis. She is working at a farm as a domestic, but is officially a Land Girl. Is responding to good surroundings."

Relatives in survey: Siblings 11.28, 11.3

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"This boy has an IQ of 79. [Former teacher] confirms dullness. Gave no difficulty at school. Father a quarryman. Decent family, clean, not overcrowded. They seem to be just generaly dull. [Male informant] confirms - very reserved, dull and backward. Dr says there is not much to him. [Male teacher] confirms this boy is dull and his speech is bad."

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"This lad was regarded as a borderline case at school - very dull. Is now doing farm work. IQ 70. Father, dead, was a diabetic. Mother aged about 50. Decent, clean people, three rooms for 4, harmonious. PC says these are both "steerin' boys", good at farm work but will not go much further."

Relatives in survey: sibling 11.32

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"This lad had an IQ of 77 at school. He is now working on a farm. [Male informant] confirms - he could make nothing of this boy. He could read and write in a way, cried if he could not do his work."

Relatives in survey: sibling 11.31

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"This man is ploughman. He drinks, abuses his wife, has been to prison for poaching. Dr confirms - a persistent poacher."

Relatives in survey: wife 11.33 children 11.34, 11.35, 11.36, 11.78

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"This lad has a slight stammer, is otherwise all right. Works on father's farm. Information from Doctor."

Relatives in survey: Father 11.14

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"This woman is definitely mental. Not senile - has always been like this. She keeps house for an old man. [Male confirms] employer is very mean, does not give her enough to eat. Definite case of exploitation of an MD but as she is not certified there is nobody to supervene. Dr confirms - suffers from a peculiar anaesthesia of one side of body and face."

Relatives in survey: daughter

Scope and Contents "This woman was in CR as a certified rate-aided patient. Not diagnosed but apparently schizophrenic. Very toxic mouth. Employed as a domestic worker. Father a farm labourer, mother was a wee bit eccentric. [Male informant] this woman is now married with one child, lives with her mother, not really better, spoilt by parents. [Male informant] confirms - she seems to be hysterical and hypochondrial. Keeps on saying she has no energy to cope with her little boy. Dr confirms this woman is...

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"This man is "not 100%", was never much worth while, never settled at anything, consistently lazy, hypochondrial. A farm labourer. Parents dead, brother had an abnormal mental attitude to illness. It would not take much to upset the whole family. Dr - half-bats, septic teeth."

Relatives in survey: wife 11.43, grandchild 11.50, daughter 11.41, siblings

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"This girl is "distinctly queer" and has a softness. She is at present working as a domestic servant. She has an illegitimate child."

Relatives in survey: daughter 11.48, mother 11.47