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"Really a mental case. He was in the insurance line for a bit, not very successful, is getting worse as he is getting older. Now just at home, doing nothing. Sister, clever, not very strong, terribly stout, looks after him. Big house, clean. Had meningitis in childhood and a head injury - has been worse since then."

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"Works in a bank. Is anxious, introspective, never well, has post traumatic headaches, useless. Father dead, was the same. Mother 50+, OK. Only child, clean house, comfortably off."

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"This man had an accident when he fractured his skull. He was entitled to £1 a week compensation but compunded for a lump sum settlement which he frittered away. Now on PA. He is feckless, does no work, though minister thinks he could. Father, estate worker. Mother 66 or 67, feckless woman, " a bit of a madam". Housing: Dirty, 4 rooms for 3, they take in lodgers. [Male informant] this man had once a job as a nightwatchman but was unreliable and was dismissed. Gets a pension (PA) of 14/6."

Scope and Contents "Rate-aided patient. Occupation: Labourer. Threatened to "slit" a nurse's throat in the ward one day. Is rather aggressive in manner - tries to bully junior staff into giving him his own way - refuses to go out for PT and RT and occasionally refuses to go to OT. Complains of bad heads and feeling of irritability. Is hypochondrial. Is inclined to misinterpret things in a paranoid way but can be easily reassured. Constantly tries to evade classes, making lame excuses - An aggressive...

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"This child had a head injury in infancy, is now bad at reading and spelling. Incomers."

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Questionnaires for persons in Area 23. Indexed.

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"Diagnosis: Head injury. Fractured vertex from falling girder. Subject to headaches ever since but lost less than one month's work till second accident from falling stone. Compensatino £2:3/- for wife and three children, difficult to live on."

Scope and Contents "This man is a queer specimen, MD and peculiar. Had a head injury in the last war and has an army pension. Queer and cute. A wee small article, looks 20 years younger than he really is. Works in a mill or in a skin yard. LE: Wounded in the last war and still swings it. Pretty poor specimen, not much of a brain. Pension now 46/- a week. Dr confirms - asthma too. Now has to look after his wife. Only one room."Relatives in survey: Wife 28.115Includes correspondence from...

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"IQ 72, very delicate and dull, fractured skull in 1940. [Male informant] says he is a pampered and spoilt child but very conscientious. PC confirms - delicate and spoilt. [Male informant]: Very dull but awfully nice, quiet, does his best but hasn't much idea how to do it. Can read and write, good at woodwork. Father, hunchbacked. Mother one of four illegitimate siblings, her tongue never stops. Home conditions very good, clean, harmonious. Dr - a bad defective, Mother is OK."

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"Backward boy, still in the primary. They have shifted about a lot. Bad attender, not stupid. Had a severe head injury - a long time off owing to this, nervous."

Sibling: 30.151