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"Occupation: Joiner. Private Patient. Diagnosis: Senile. All right until 18 months ago. Had prostate trouble, was operated on and still has tube. A few days ago he fell, cut his head and had to be stitched up. Has been wet all the time and very difficult to look after. He is demented but realises what is going on around him and knows he is in CRI."

[Female informant] - very deaf during turns, fell, died as a senile. Bachelor, lived with old sister.

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"Very restless, never still, always jerking about. Bright child. "Unbalanced". Has been referred to the Clinic. Does silly things, clumsy. Mother, 26, fed up with him. Father, 25, OK, rabbit trapper, used to be nervous, now ok. Good home conditions."

Symptoms: Twitching last 2 years. Highly strung, excitable.

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"This woman is a wee bit simple. Husband was a dairyman, also soft. There are one or two illegitimate children. [Male informant] says she was on PA 10 years ago. She was an awful woman, always having rows. Fieldworker, nobody ever saw her."

Relatives in survey: son 3.31

Scope and Contents "IQ 78, not too bad - [female informant] says she has turned out very well. Had a baby at 17, just at home now. Mother, 50+, a splendid worker in other people's houses, never kept her own very clean. Gipsy stock, grand baker. Father a farm worker. Now in prefabs. A bit mental?"Siblings: [Sister] IQ68, married. Eldest died of TB. [Brother] in navy, did well. [Brother] farm worker.Poor house, dirty no conviences, not overcrowded now. Only a room and a kitchen...

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"Being trained by the railway people for a signalman, but is not right in the head, simple. Has also worked as a chauffeur. Married, they have drifted apart, no children. Dr confirms, not much in him, flighty and excitable. Minister says he is quaint, volatile and unsettled."

Relatives in survey: Mother 35.6 sister 35.4

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"Occupation: Housewife. Rate-aided patient (husband was a gardener). Diagnosis: Obsessional Neurosis. [Female informant] thinks that she is dead, [male informant] that she is away."

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"The only boozer in the parish, a roadman, well looked after by his wife who is nice. Good living conditions. Mother, dead, was alcoholic. Nurse confirms, he looks like it. Minister says this man drank heavily before marriage, then improved, then lapsed again. It does not interfere with his work. Bad lately."

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"IQ 68, very deaf in one ear, discharging ears etc. Joined the ATC. Now earning £4 a week labouring. Living conditions: not overcrowded, fairly clean."

Relatives in survey: Siblings 3.63, 3.65, 3.66, 3.67 Father 3.68, Mother 3.69

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"This girl is soft, has had two illegitimate children. Works in a butcher's."

Relatives in survey: Mother 36.7

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"This man, a farm labourer, is kind of backward. [Male informant] considers he is of low intelligence. Still able to work."

Relatives in survey: Son 3.75