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"Admitted to CR. Duration 5 months on admission. Domestic service, fairly steady work record. Gave up factory work (munitions) because it was too much for her. Mother dead. Two brothers, a shepherd and a stoker. Previous nervous breakdown, no treatment. Diagnosis: Agitated depression with ideas of unworthiness and delusions that she is pregnant and has VD."

Scope and Contents "This woman looked like going off her head a few years ago, made suicidal attempt and nearly gassed herself. She is not so bad now but is still a queer old body, funny. Lives alone, no relatives known. [Male informant]: Brainless and simple, admitted to CRI after a suicidal attempt. Depression. Now OAP. No PA. Had been a woollen weaver. Dr confirms - has more than a neurosis, is quite daft, simple. She has had numerous jobs but they all upset her and she packed them up. Lives alone,...

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"IQ 67, got 20% in control exam. Now in the Navy. A E pupil. Formerly worked in the skinyards. Family came from England 75 years ago. Big family. Very clean, mother capable."

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"[Male informant] says this is a bad lad, was in gaol recently. worked in skinyards for a time, then on a housing scheme. Unsteady work record. PC confirms that he has been twice locked up for assault. An ill character fighting, breach of the peace. A drink makes him mad."

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"Terribly neurotic. Has rheumatism, takes periodical attacks of palpitations; used to take 12-15 aspirins every day, is now down to six. Husband used to be a gamekeeper, now a labourer with the Town Council, quiet decent man. Clean house, not overcrowded, harmonious."

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"Feelings in stomach and palpitations, can't sleep. Stomach has been x-rayed, OK. Was employed for two hours a week as a cleaner, for which she got 3/- a week. Found it more profitable to draw a £1 a week insurance. Dr can't make anything of her. Father was a fierce old article, everyone afraid of him."

Relatives in survey: Children 28.28, 28.168

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"Not very bright, defintely defective. Mongol type? At school, can go about town. Parents exceptionally nice. Father a scourer at a woollen mill. Sister, married, clever girl. Mother 40+. [Male informant] says he is a Mongol. IQ 42."

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"Restless child, has difficulty in concentrating but average in arithmetic. Father a wood worker. Mother has a bad name, middle 30s. PAO confirms that the mother is not very bright. Dr thinks the mother is all right."

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"A right bad lot, spoilt. They did not see much of him at school, has not done much since he left school. Sergeant says he is a devil. Was in trouble for stealing from the Newfoundland troops. LE - now working on the housing scheme, just jazzing around. A perfect pest. Unsteady work record."

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"This man changes his job every second week - probably an exaggeration, but has an unsteady work record. Was a stoker at the mill but complained the fumes gave him headaches. PAO: not a clean house. LE: irregular, gets restless and unsettled. a glutton for work when he does, then feels conditions are against him and goes off. "Maggotty"."