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"Private patient. Married. Has no children. On admission, very noisy, abusive and restless. Very confused. Occupation: Retired town clerk."

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"Occupation: Farmer. Rate-aided patient. Looks rather depressed. Talk is coherent but slightly retarded. There is a kind of strain about him, an air of forced cheerfulness. Wife nice. Good home, not overcrowded."

Relatives in survey: Daughter [16.37]

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"General labourer. Goes from door to door asking for accommodation. Goes into houses where he is a complete stranger. Says the Free Masons are trying to injure him. He produces a letter which he says he is posting to the Prime Minister. Illegitimate."

Relatives in survey: Nephew [16.197]

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"Occupation: Retired telegraph linesman. Private patient. Widower. Duration of illness: 3 years. Nurse confirms: Used to hammer on [name redacted]'s wall at night - upset her a lot."

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"IQ 79 said to be very dull. Now a farm worker? Condemned house."

Relatives in survey: sister [16.66] and mother [16.201].

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"Housewife and hawker. Rate-aided patient. Was worried by mother and brother, the latter being a drunkard. Restless, impulsive, confused and appears to be very hallucinated."

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"Nurse confirms that she is MD but able to go out working, not personally very clean. She lives with her elderly mother. House clean, not overcrowded. Worked during the war but had an unsteady work record. Takes funny turns which are hysterical not epileptic. Can't read or write."

Relatives in survey: Mother 16.277

Scope and Contents "Aggressive, not dull. Was in the Navy but was more at home than at sea. Now a labourer. Married, separated, now living with parents. Dr confirms - a nasty bit of work, always overstaying his leave, simulated heart trouble - ate tobacco to avoid going to sea. Went round all the doctors for certificates. Now being treated for both kinds of VD. Married, had one child which was sent to an aunt. The aunt married an Indian and the family took the child away."Relatives in survey:...

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"The LE says this man caused a lot of trouble for a time, always changing his job or being dismissed, very hoity toity and hard to please. He is now working very successfully on a co-op round, taking over £100 a week. Ex RAF or army. An incomer. Married to a local girl."

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"This woman is an hysterical type, never looks anybody at anybody, just scurries about with her eye cast down. Did nursing for a bit during the war, then did not go any more. Tells queer tales about her brother but they are possibly true. Brother is said to have a black wife and child in Trinidad, put wife in a mental hospital. Nurse confirms she looks at nobody, keeps herself to herself, queer for a long time. Sounds schizophrenic."

Relatives in survey: Mother 16.251