"Epileptic and deformed. Lame. Everyone surprised when she got a husband. Dirty and very overcrowded - room and kitchen for her and husband, one child, her married sister, her husband and four children and the old father - they all sleep "heids and thraws"."

Husband: 30.100

"This boy is mentally backward, also a peculiar character, sinister, follows girls about in the street. His people have a lot of trouble with him, he will not do anything he is told. Always in mischief. Labourer. Father dead. Mother about 50. Good home, not overcrowded, harmonious. [Male informant] this boy used to be terribly cruel. Killing young birds etc. and has had some terrible skelpings. Has turned out better than he expected. "They thought he would be a maniac.""

"This woman is in the Crichton. She used to be abnormally clean when younger, gradually got dirtier and dirtier and unable to look after herself. Was living alone. House filthy and verminous. Husband dead, no children. House was hoaching with fleas."

"This woman is not "mental" but is feckless, has no ambition, restless. She was separated from her husband who rose to the rank of Colonel in the last war. He was alcoholic and committed suicide. Minister confirms - she is throughither."

Relatives in survey: 34.40

"IQ 70-. Very dull. Parents have TB. Inspector - mother is a trachle, not clean, has a very poor physique. Dr confirms - house a terrible place. Nurse confirms - all dull, house a terrible place."

Relatives in survey: Mother 36.43, sister 36.45

"A certified MD. PC says he is a bit peculiar, a very bad talker, permanently on PA. Single, lives with his father. Mother dead. [Male informant]: absolutely harmless but definitely mental. Should be in an institution. Dr says there is a streak of queerness in the family, [he] has a neurotic disposition. Tarryfingered. Feebleminded."

Brother: 4.126

"IQ 74, dull, wouldn't go to school after her siblings died. Now working in cafe. Father on railway, separated from mother. Mother in her 40s. Four siblings died of diphtheria on the same day. One sister surviving. Dirty house, not overcrowded. Dr confirms - not much good. Dour child. [Male informant] confirms that this girl was a bit dull - a problem when she was on the [area name redacted] side. Nurse confirms."

Relatives in survey: mother 16.152

"This man is alcoholic and dour. A builder's labourer, formerly in the army. Not a good husband. Father used to be very alcoholic - lived to drink, dead."

Relatives in survey: children 28.160, 28.161

"This woman is worse than her husband, always complaining, always vomiting her food, has had several x-rays, stomach normal but complains of chronic gastritis. An awful "greetin' Jenny", always ready to burst into tears, very weak mentally."

Relatives in survey: son 28.181

"Funny little man with a speech defect which he overcomes by talking very slowly; odd and reserved, very shy, seems very badly proportioned but not deformed. He is working as a clerk. An incomer, came north to avoid the bombing. Sergeant confirms that he is a queer wee jeeger."