Occupations

Scope and Contents "Simple, a wee bit weak mentally, able to work. Lives with her parents and her three illegitimate children. Nurse confirms she is soft; worked in the factory canteen during the war, now at home. Parents about 70, are peculiar and feeble-minded people, a low-grade family. One sister has an illegitimate child. One sister married, has a child [16.307]. Attempted suicide with aspirins 15 years ago when mother turned her out. Good worker, just. Fairly clean, not overcrowded. Inharmonious....

Scope and Contents "Very dull, unsociable. Married and has one child, a girl, dull. Dull, used to work in the factory. Husband a bad lot, used to knock her about. Cannot confirm that husband is unsatisfactory. They now have another child. Nurse: Has two children and is expecting another. Husband had left her but is back again. Children are all right. Clean house. Dr. thinks this woman is just ordinary, husband not dull. No public assistance. Husband was in the army during the war."Relatives in...

Scope and Contents "Parents thought to have lived to a good old age. Siblings: One brother died from a stroke, 1 brother and 1 sister dead. Farmer, good health, pipe smoker, alcohol in moderation. 1943 threatened with stroke and kept in bed for a week. Suffered from dizziness since then - he complains of fullness in the head and difficulty in sleeping. Came to CRI for domestic reasons and was quite co-operative. Lived his own life and took little notice of others. His daughter is suffering from severe...

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"This man, a grocer, is very mean and peculiar, is cruel to his wife and daughter, very repressive, won't let the girl go out at night. Very unhappy home life. [Male informant] says he is definitely very crusty and odd. [Male informant] confirms he is mean."

Relatives in survey: wife 16.57, sister 16.58

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"IQ78, just slow. Nurse confirms. Labour exchange: Family have steady work record. Condemned house."

Relatives in survey: Father [16.63]. Siblings [16.59, 16.61]

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"Nurse says this man is deficient. Labourer. Dr says he has been mixed up with cases of theft. Condemned house."

Relatives in survey: daughter 16.60, wife 16.62

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"This man is a twister, always trying to get money out of various funds. Was a baker, then in the army, was discharged from the army with heart trouble. Not keen on work. Married with two children. No Public assistance, TB family."

Relatives in survey: Parents [16.62, 16.63]. Siblings [16.59, 16.60, 16.61].

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"Definitely dull. Used to be a domestic servant. Mother - 50-ish, v. feebleminded. Father, a labourer, was wounded in the last war, has never lived at home but has associated with another woman all the tine. One brother was very dull. Husband was boarded out as a child. Clean house. Condemned house. 3 rooms."

Relatives at survey: Mother, 16.201], Sibling, [16.211], Son [16.69]

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"This man, a worker on the railway, is said to be dull. A boarded-out child, no information about siblings or parents. Condemned house, 3 rooms."

Relatives in survey: Wife 16.66, son 16.69

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"Dull and lazy, a labourer, not alcoholic, not much to him. Mother dead. Siblings scattered. Wife dead. No children. He and his wife had two adopted children. Dr: A bit soft. No Public assistance. Nurse: MD, does not know much. Clean house. Steady work record."

Relatives in survey: Children 16.209, 16.162