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'This man is a big soft type, drinks, a farm labourer. [Male informant] says he was definitely simple, a soft mark a sort of amateur shepherd.'

Relatives in survey: Wife 20.10 children 20.14, 20.16, 20.12, 20.11, 20.13

Scope and Contents 'This man has not worked for many years - said to suffer from stomach trouble, not fond of work, lazy and easy going " a horror", makes you feel creepy, "great big slouching brute". Drinks and beats his family. Used to be a hedger or a drainer, never a conscientious worker. Fond of gardening. Nurse says this man is a bully. House filthy, three rooms. Dr says this man is a chronic asthmatic and bronchitic. [Female informant] just a rotten man, drinks. Incomer.'Relatives in survey:...

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"This man is a railway worker. He is alcoholic, often seen drunk by [male informant]. Had an accident and broke his leg. Family life inharmonious - wife unfaithful, when he is home she deserts and vice versa."

Relatives in survey: 2.31, 2.28, 2.30

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"This woman is alcoholic. Now a cleaner. She goes about with soldiers and is "not a nice woman at all". All [her] children went wild after a certain age. Dr confirms - definitely daft and queer. Daughter ran away with men at 14, gave the police a lot of trouble."

Relatives in survey: 2.42

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'Not stable, drinks, fell out of the bus while drunk, later in the same day was knocked down, drunk. Farm tenant but his lease will not be renewed. No siblings known. Married, no children.'

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"Successful farmer. A widower, his children are looked after by a girl who comes in daily. Nurse: "Soapy-looking boys, like lumps of fat. No life about them" but very well dressed and clean."

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"This man, a tailor, drinks like a fish. He is a fool, not satisfactory. Is very intelligent but drinks which spoils him."

Wife: 30.8

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"This woman was admitted to CR and transferred to the Infirmary. Diagnosis - toxic confusion and empyema. There are rumours that she drinks. Her father was an alcoholic. Housing: big house, very clean, prosperous people. Family relationships harmonious. Dr says she tipples a good deal."

Scope and Contents "This man and his wife are most peculiar, do not get on with anybody, peer round the curtain to see who is at the door. One of them is always ill. House dirty. Nurse: The husband is not so bad as the wife - she is not fit to do much and is very queer. She is his second wife; there are no children. They own the house. [Male informant] says this is a very intellgent man, a miner who went to university. PAO: A cantankerous old man who is at loggerheads with everybody. Convicted of assaulting...

Scope and Contents "This man, a soldier discharged from the Pioneer Corps, is not a very bright specimen, not a worker, will be a bit of a liability. Goes about with his eyes half-closed as if he were dreaming. Will ask you the time after he has passed you. He has married a widow. House dirty or passable; 3 rooms for 3 plus lodger. At present working on a surveying job, very lazy workman. Dull and harmless. Married a woman who is immoral, disappeared on the morning of his wedding and was found hopelessly...