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"This little boy is either the youngest of the family or a daughter's child. He has an impediment. Seems quite bright. Nurse - he is the youngest child."

Relatives in survey: Siblings 39.47, 39.48, 39.48 Mother 39.45

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"IQ 70, at Loreburn Street. Has a stammer, dull and backward, flares into tempers, left-handed. Thought to have had a fit."

Relatives in survey: Siblings 39.46, 39.47, 39.48 Mother 39.45

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"Very dull boy, big for his age, bad speaker, was in Primary III at 11. Father a farm worker. Mother 32 or 33. [Female informant] says he was a queer boy."

Relatives in survey: Sibling 39.51, mother 39.52

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"Speech defect, low intelligence but not MD. D and E in all subjects except handwork. Father, 50, a ploughman, mentally defective. Mother 38-40, man daft. Queer family, mentally defective. Mother has twice left her family. Dirty and overcrowded ++. [Male informant says they are a hopeless crowd of MD's. The least wee thing would send the mother off, bad-tempered."

Relatives in survey: Mother 39.64, Father 39.63, siblings 39.65, 39.68

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"IQ 75, has a stammer, now working with his father. Bronchial? TB. He is now a motor driver, has to work at home, gawky looking, has adenoids, delicate. Father a contractor. Mother, sensible, aged 35+. Nice family, parents clever, good clean home."

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"Stammering. Father a headmaster, very rough type, dirty, intelligent."

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"This boy has a stammer and is a bad speaker - has a cleft palate? Father a shepherd. Mother 45-55. 6 siblings. Housing: 3 rooms, fairly clean. Harmonious at times, at other times not."

Relatives in survey: mother 44.48

Scope and Contents "This boy was at the Special Class. IQ 70-. He is now learning to be a shepherd. Doesn't look silly. Brother works on a farm, other brother is kind of simple, had a fall in childhood, working in forestry, sister working as a land girl, pretty dull but can work. Another sister was difficult at school, a bit light-headed, dour and deficient, had fits of giggling, now working in a shop. Another brother is "a wee bit dour", will make a good farm hand. Youngest brother bright. All can read and...

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"This boy is a bad speaker and a bully."

Relatives in survey: 44.52, 44.53

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"This child has a hesitation in his speech."

Relatives in survey: 44.51, 44.53