"This man, a joiner by trade, is very lazy and slow, simple. Does some work in the factory. No public assistance. Earns £10 a week but will not pay his rates, has been imprisoned for it. Also assaulted a policeman once. Inharmonious. Wife very flighty. Two boys beyond control, no training. Dr - simple, sulky and moody. Steady work record."

Relatives in survey: 16.148, 16.149, wife 16.153, brother 16.150

"Defective, not able to work, had a deformed foot. Father dead, was senile before he died. Mother dead. Lives with sister, OK, well looked after. Home clean, not overcrowded, harmonious. No public assistance. Used to work for his father, now works for his brother. Silly and lazy, acts more silly than he really is, could not hold down a regular job. Can do little work."

Relatives in survey: brother 16.147

"IQ 74, dull, wouldn't go to school after her siblings died. Now working in cafe. Father on railway, separated from mother. Mother in her 40s. Four siblings died of diphtheria on the same day. One sister surviving. Dirty house, not overcrowded. Dr confirms - not much good. Dour child. [Male informant] confirms that this girl was a bit dull - a problem when she was on the [area name redacted] side. Nurse confirms."

Relatives in survey: mother 16.152

"IQ 79. Now working? Dull."

Relatives in survey: sister 16.154

"This woman used to take major epileptic fits. Parents have been in court. Siblings all very dull: 3 or 4 brothers, service records not good, poaching now. Nurse confirms that she takes hysterical fits - had several before her baby was born. Was in trouble for stealing. One chid, a year old, all right. Husband an incomer, was a soldier, labourer, factory worker, looks deficient. Clean house."

Relatives in survey: Father 16.72 siblings 16.71

"A queer one, not quite right, working as a farm labourer. Drags a leg - imbecile? Parents dead. No PA. Awful house, 3 rooms. House unsuitable for adopting a child. Another sister was epileptic. Had an illegitimate child. Nurse confirms. Untruthful, a warrior. His brother is dull - a tractor driver, older than [patient name redacted]. Married with some children, OK."

Relatives in survey: sister 16.215

"Peculiar and physically defective, couldn't see, couldn't read, did no lessons. Present work: Factory in [area name redacted].

Relatives in survey: Father [16.176]; mother [16.173]; siblings [16.174]

"IQ of 70. Definitely defective. Married a soldier, no children, is attending VD clinic. Illegitimate. She has a bad leg. Husband was a soldier, deserted from the army, deserted her. Dr says this woman had a head injury while working. No PA."

Relatives in survey: Mother [16.245]

"Of low intelligence but not defective, seems to be getting worse, smokes ++, unsatisfactory character. Domestic servant. Has 3 illegitimate children. Mother dead. No information about siblings but a nephew lives with her. Home not very clean. Religious, very hard up. Is herself illegitimate."

Relatives in survey: Children [16.178], [16.179]; [16.124]

"This lad is a bad lot. He is in the army, should have been demobilised, but is serving a term of imprisonment overseas for assault on a girl. No PA for many years. Father deserted mother during the last war. Clean house. Dr says they are all a bit simple. Nurse says he was gaoled in the army for robbery with violence. Father, dead, a bad lot, deserted."

Relatives in survey: Mother [16.181]