Alcoholism
Found in 406 Collections and/or Records:
15.80 Male, Married, 35-44 yrs, Alcoholism, September 1947
"The Inspector says he used to be bad for the drink for a while, better now. Gave his wife an awful life. Symptoms said to date form the death of his little boy in an accident. Decent, clean people, respectable."
15.81 Male, Married, 35-44 yrs, Alcoholism, August 1947
"Drinks a bit."
Wife (15.46) and son (15.45) in study.
16.21 Male, Widowed, 45-54 yrs, Alcoholism, August 1946
"Nurse says this man is working. A widower, living with his married daughter. No other children. Sister is ok. Housing very clean, not overcrowded. Dr confirms that this man is all right now. He has drunk heavily for the last few years. Had a breakdown. Was living in a converted railway carriage. Upset by daughter's goings-on. She is easily led. His wife's father was in CRI or G."
Relatives in survey: daughter 16.305
16.31 Female, Married, 55-64 yrs, Schizophrenia, Alcoholism, January 1947
"This old lady stops strangers and asks them if her son will come back from Canada (son is dead). Very wandered, persecuted. Nurse says she is not a widow - husband a big stout man. Two married daughters OK. Son keeps the English Church. She used to be depressed and would lie in bed all the time. Now elated. House not very clean - she is out all day. No Public Assistance. Dr - really the result of alcoholism, deluded. Heading for CRI."
16.33 Female, Married, Over 65 yrs, Alcoholism, December 1946
"This old lady drinks like a fish. RC from Ireland. Dr confirms. Her husband was in RIC which he thinks symptomatic. Nurse confirms. She is the worse of drink every day. From Ireland. Priest confirms, a pretty hopeless case."
Relatives in survey: sons [16.34, 16.35]
16.38 Male, Married, Over 65 yrs, Alcoholism, January 1947
"This man is queer, has never worked much, used to be a labourer. [Male informant] confirms this man is workshy. Dr says this man is an alcoholic."
Relatives in survey: Wife [16.39], sibling [4.28], child [16.41]
16.82 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Alcoholism, Dull and backward, January 1947
"This man drinks, is lazy, doesn't work much. A labourer? R.C. Dirty house."
Relatives in survey: Wife 16.84, daughter 16.83, daughter 16.84
16.92 Male, Widowed, Over 65 yrs, Alcoholism, Senile and Arterio-sclerotic psychoses, December 1946
"Drank, one of the worst, ill just now. Retired railway worker but did no work for 20 years, always sponging. Wife dead, was decent. Clean house. No public assistance. Dr: Old and alcoholic. Condemned house, 2 rooms."
Relatives in survey: daughter 16.99, grandson 16.89
17.36 Male, Married, 55-64 yrs, Alcoholism, December 1946
"This man, a gamekeeper, drinks. Not a very satisfactory home, children permanent bad attenders. Very remote, two miles from the bus."
Relatives in survey: wife 17.35, children 17.39, 17.38, 17.37
18.14 Male, Married, 55-64 yrs, Alcoholism, June 1947
"Used to booze his way through the countryside - when drunk his mental processes failed. Estate worker. Now better than he was. Father died recently. First wife died. Son, sunstroke in Burma, cannot stand drink. Clean house."