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"IQ 78, just a bit dull. Not R.C. Father: About 50. Mother dead. There is a housekeeper who is dirty and steals? Siblings: Brother IQ 93; sister, bright; brother, bright. No public assistance, labouring in the laundry. Nurse does not know him but thinks he has been in trouble for poaching. Dr: Father has had some convictions - at least he goes away periodically and comes back with his hair very short. A bad lot."

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"[Male informant] says this girl is very defective - high grade he thinks. Can't do anything. Father, a farm worker. Mother, 50+, fat and careless, never bothered. Have just come, not known to anybody else. No public assistance. Dr. says she looks very dull. IQ76. Siblings: Sister, a servant girl, very dull. Dull family, a lousy lot, always being excluded."

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"Was a P.O.W. Single, works in the garage, drives a lorry. Drinks. Dr. confirms both boys are unstable. Has been worse since he was demobilised. [Male informant] has always thought this was a nice quiet boy. Condemned house, 4 rooms."

Relatives in survey: Brother 16.79, mother 16.142

Includes newapaper cutting relating to a fine for fighting.

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"Used to be a vanboy, single. Father dead. Nurse: Just feebleminded, single. He and brother live with a married sister, clean house, comfortable. The girls are quite peacable, very dressy, one is married. Condemned house, 4 rooms."

Relatives in survey: mother 1.142, brother 16.77

Includes cutting relating to fine.

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"This boy had chorea - was absent a lot, still had it when he left school. Work: Factory. Dr. confirms Chorea. Not overcrowded. Clean. Priest does not know this family, not RC."

Relatives in survey: Father 16.308, brother 16.81

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"IQ 72, now in forces. One of a big family. Backward in class at school. No public assistance. Dr says this boy was quite an efficient farm labourer."

Relatives in survey: Father 16.308, brother 16.80

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"This man drinks, is lazy, doesn't work much. A labourer? R.C. Dirty house."

Relatives in survey: Wife 16.84, daughter 16.83, daughter 16.84

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"IQ 75, one of a large family, all dullish. Work: Laundry. Was a very bad attender."

Relatives in survey: Father 16.82, mother 16.84

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"Drank, one of the worst, ill just now. Retired railway worker but did no work for 20 years, always sponging. Wife dead, was decent. Clean house. No public assistance. Dr: Old and alcoholic. Condemned house, 2 rooms."

Relatives in survey: daughter 16.99, grandson 16.89

Scope and Contents "Dull but bright enough to try and diddle you. Was working in an engineering firm now on compensation. Bronchitis and asthma, not alcoholic. Father, dead, scurvy. Children: 3, all undernourished, Dr confirms. Off and on Public assistance. House fairly clean, not overcrowded, inharmonious. Labour Exchange: Unsteady work record but has not been on the register for some time. Nurse confirms, just a wrong one. Was on PA. On and off all the time. [Male informant] confirms that this man is a...