Dementia

"Nurse says this woman is peculiar, more than queer, eccentric, has always been odd. A widow. Clean house, comfortably off, they speak to nobody."

Relatives in survey: daughter 16.252

"This old lady is senile and dirty. Lives with her son."

"This woman is deficient - Nurse. She has been married twice. Nurse says she looks syphilitic and she thinks the whole family is infected. Dr thinks this woman is fairly bright."

Relatives in survey: Children 16.176, 16.245, 16.171

"Admitted to C.R.I., senile dementia, died. A retired shepherd. No relatives. A widower."

"This woman died recently, was very peculiar. Widow. Condemned house."

Relatives in survey: son 16.23, siblings 1.503

"Senile and difficult. Died."

Relatives in survey: Daughter 16.91

"Admitted CRI, private patient. Dementia Praecox. Parents dead. Decent people, well-doing."

"Queer old fellow, strange and peculiar, lives alone. Was a widower but married again - has a young wife. Used to be a gardener. House filthy, keeps cats. Has some money, all his relations are after it. Probably not married."

"Dr says this woman is very pleasant but an old fusspot and a little weak mentally. Lives alone, no relations know. [Male informant] says failing with age. No PA."

"This woman was queer, definitely mental, a holy terror, then took a stroke and was in a bath chair. Died a year or two ago."