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"This man has a police record. Has moved about a lot - son has been at 11 schools. He is a ploughman and dairyman. P.C. confirms that this man is a "known thief" - house breaking."

Son in study (15.7)

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"This boy is very backward, chiefly as a result of having been at 11 schools. Can read a bit. Father, ploughman and cattleman. Mother, about 40, queer looking. Sibs: older brother has left school, working on a farm. Younger brother, 7 "completely mental" has something with his spine and has to go to Edinburgh periodically. Three roomed cottage for 5. Seen by P.S.W."

Father (15.6) in study.

Scope and Contents "This is a dangerous man, unscrupulous and a twister. Used to work for the solicitor - called himself a lawyer but wasn't. Now is in trouble over a house - he took over the house of a woman who died and sold her furniture - now her heirs are suing him. A dangerous man, at present dealing in second hand cars. Parents dead. Married, wife lived away from him for a long time, but they are together again. Alcoholic? Two children, OK. No Public Assistance. Nurse: A real twister. He is now living...

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"A labourer on the railway. No PA. Dr - a shady character, not much to him."

Relatives in survey: Half brother 16.256, wife 16.6, son 16.4

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"IQ 66, very dull, a farm worker. He is illegitimate. Lives with grandmother. Dr thinks they are all right."

Relatives in survey: Grandmother17.14, cousin 17.13, mother

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"IQ 71, now working on farm. Illegitimate. [Male teahcer] says he was mental and in the retard class. He was certified MD."

Scope and Contents "Leucotomised. Minister: lives with her father in law and husband, very talkative, but he thinks it is just her time of life. Smokes ++. Family clean and sensible, very hardworking. Harmonious, not overcrowded. Nurse: [Patient] is now much worse, has a pain in the left arm and leg, a weakness all down the left side. Quarrelsome and tells lies, won't stay at home."Notes from visit: Home Conditions - It is a roomy and solid farmhouse - quite prosperous looking. She showed me the...

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"This woman was in CR as a voluntary rate aided patient. Diagnosis - mania. From the age of 12 had had "turns" when she was elated and grandiose, garrulous. Tiny sweet and aerated water shop. [Male informant] this woman is not 100% mentally, is very nervous. Keeps house for her widowed brother in law."

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'This man is a blacksmith. He is queer ? senile, not yet bad enough for CR. Family wanted him certified but Dr refused. The family have famous rows - his son split his head with a poker. Information entirely from Dr - he considers the whole family queer. [Female informant] - very unhappy home, criminal tendencies. Sons are wild and not very bright.'

Relatives in survey: Daughter 11.55

Scope and Contents 'This old lady used to be a housekeeper, stole a sum of money and served a term of imprisonment. She is a bad spoken old thing and a disturber of the peace. She lives alone with a dog in a tumble down one roomed cottage with only a tiny bit of window and practically no furniture. [Male informant] has been trying to get her to move but she won't. Brother a waterwatcher, sister a housekeeper, keeps her in clothes. [Male informant] says she is a silly creature, puts stories about. Very...