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"Very dull, now in services, will be a domestic."

Relatives in survey: 39.37, 39.38

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"Rate aided patient. Senile Dementia. Died. Husband, now deceased, was a ploughman."

Scope and Contents "Drinks ++, cute and clever. Was in the army for a short time - was discharged? why - convicted of black market offences. Has a police record. Went off with the Rood Fair to Carlisle. At present labouring, is a good lorry driver. Also goes round the pubs singing songs. No. P.A. except when he was in prison. P.C. says he has been working for a a few weeks and may have reformed. Discharged from the army for stomach trouble- was operated on 7 times. Has been up for poultry stealing. ...

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"I.Q. 79, was at Loreburn St. Now doing odd jobs at the sawmill. Was mischievous and inattentive at school but not delinquent. Home conditions: clean. [Male informant] confirms, thought he was ingenious and imaginative, a reliable and useful boy. P.C. - father is a cripple but is able to drive a lorry. Nurse confirms. She thinks the father, aged 35, is all right, in steady work. Mother is too soft with the children."

Relatives in survey: Brother 40.33

Scope and Contents "Queer character, not very anxious to work, says he has had chronic bronchitis, an uneducated man. Was evicted and is now squatting in the R.A.F. huts - got permission from R.A.F. to do so and the farmer who has taken over the huts has not evicted him yet. Now makes toys, has lots of orders. Wrote to his M.P. about his housing conditions. They live in one room which has two beds. Tidy considering. The children at school seem very dull. No. P.A. [Male informant] thinks he is dying or...

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"Attended O.P.C., diagnosis Psychopathic Personality. A probationer nurse at a Sanitorium. Very impudent. Has recently become engaged. Not known to P.C. Nurse confirms. Clean house."

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"Occupation: Retired Ledger Clerk. Private Patient. Diagnosis: Senile Dementia. Admitted 1944, died. No relations left."

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"Unsatisfactory type, a knackery worker. His first wife ran away from him and he is now cohabiting in Carlyle with [female]. Daughter is precocious. From R.S.S.P.C.C. Inspector."

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"This woman is soft and dull. Husband a farm worker. Three children under school age. Inspector - " a cunning tinker", a poor lot. Dr - thouless, dirty, hard up."

Relatives in survey: Sister 42.13

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"Eight years prior to admission mental development seemed to stop. While at school nevery learned to read or write, Was very deficient. Has since worked on a farm. Recently his manner has changed very much. He became rather more sullen, morose, brooding and suspicious. At times irritable and impulsive."