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"Illegitimate? No public assistance. Had no marks in some subjects. Mother OK. [Male informant] says this lad is now working on his uncle's farm and seems to be all right."

Relatives in survey: 16.242

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"Epileptic. Single, lives with his parents and works on a smallholding. No public assistance. sister, dead, who had an imbecile child which died. Mother, dead, was peculiar - had all her sons to different men."

Relatives in survey: siblings 16.126, 16.129

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"This man, a tractor ploughman, is very poor mentally, dull. [Male informant] says he looks it - a dull family. House fairly clean. From Nurse and OP clinic notes. No public assistance."

Relatives in survey: siblings 16.124, son 16.127

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"This boy, a farm worker, is dull and often in trouble with the police. Illegitimate. One half sister died of TB meningitis. Half-sibling was hydrocephalic and died in infancy. No public assistance."

Relatives in survey: stepfather 16.95

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"[Male informant] says this woman is definitely daft. Looks more than 30. She was a housekeeper, became pregnant to her boss a farmer of about 70 and married him. She does a lot of outdoor work on the smallholding. Two children, both illegitimate. Nurse confirms, simple and filthy. Though she is 45 and her husband is 80 she thought she was pregnant a few months ago. Not local, no siblings known."

Relatives in survey: Son 16.33

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"Very backward, wet and dirty in school, quite untrained at home, is sent to school in a shocking state. Father 70-80. Mother, 40+, was father's housekeeper, became pregnant and persuaded him to marry her. Works on the smallholding, not bright but very nice. One sibling also illegitimate was killed. Filthy house. Is off with ringworm at present. No public assistance."

Relatives in survey: mother 16.132

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"This man, a labourer, is deficient. Mother, elderly, deficient lives with him, now dead. He is an incomer. Wife is his first cousin. Home not too good, very overcrowded - the family, both the grandmothers and sister and her family live there. No public assistance since the war, was on a lot before."

Relatives in survey: children 16.136, 16.135, 16.137, wife 16.130

Scope and Contents "After-care - anxiety state, chronic, severe, unspecified. Discharged from the army on this account. Symptoms began 1945. Used to be a farm worker, enlisted 1933, deserted 1935, very poor work record from then until he enlisted in 1940. He is now a railway worker. Father, a small holder, was in court for stealing. 55+ May be illegitimate. Married, has had differences with his wife. Children are all right but very bad tempered. Inharmonious. Work record unsteady. Nurse confirms that they are...

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"IQ of 75. Now working in factory in [area]. Dull. Mother dead. Stupid woman - had an acute obstruction and refused to go to hospital. Sister had a halfcaste baby which died. No public assistance for a long time. Clean and respectable family. The siblings are all dull like [patient] but look nice and quiet. One is married."

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"This woman is childish and simple. She worked as a children's nurse during the war to evade calling up. She lives with her parents, has some sisters."