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"This woman would fight with her shadow. Husband a shepherd. Dr thinks this woman is all right - taks part in village affairs, sensible."

Relatives in survey: son 44.31

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"This lad, a farm servant, is backward and gawky, not much sense, fell into the burn off is bike and has never been the same since."

Relatives in survey: Father 44.25

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"Dr says that this lad is definitely simple "has a wee bit of a want". Is able to work on his father's farm."

Relatives in survey: Siblings 44.57, 44.58

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"This girl is said to look queer and simple; looks delicate. Father, over 60, a canny man, a farmer. Mother, over 60, farms a farm with part of her family. The whole family keep to themselves and are considered strange and odd."

Relatives in survey: Siblings 44.58, 44.56

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"IQ 69, now in retard class. Father a gamekeeper. Dr says this boy is asthmatic. Very decent people, clean. No PA."

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"This man, a shepherd, is described as a queer, horrible man, fights, nasty to meet him on a lonely road. PAO says a holy terror, a useless article, a foolish drunken useless article. Harmless, foolish, a perfect nuisance."

Relatives in survey: wife 45.7, children 45.8,

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"Dull and backward but not so bad as her brother. Incomers. Live a long way from the school and are often absent. Father a shepherd, a dullish, silly man. Mother 40+ clean and sensible, house-proud. Teacher has never seen the house, children are beautifully clean."

Relatives in survey: siblings 45.11, 45.13

Scope and Contents "This child has some sort of nervous disturbance. He was sent to the Sick Children's Hospital in [area] for investigation, developed Scarlet Fever there and was paralysed to a certain extent afterwards. He is now home but backward. Teacher - he will not speak, now speaks to the other children but will not play with them, she thinks his behaviour is abnormal. He does not do what you tell him to do; can't turn up the place in a book. Can't read but has to spell every word. She can't test him...

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"This man, a farm worker, complains of terrible pain in the abdomen and dizzy turns, couldn't walk for it (the dizziness) but can ride a motor bike. Was investigated in hospital. Was ill two years ago with pains in the back and arms and made an awful noise about it. Raved that it was the dampness of his home, but the pains cleared up and he has forgotton the dampness. Lives with his old father, a cripple with arthritis, nice old chap, more guts than his son."

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"This is a bad-tempered, horrible man, drinks, a horrible type, always swearing and cursing. Was a herd, now a ploughman."

Relatives in survey: son 45.23, wife 45.21