Alcoholism

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"This man is said to drink but PC say he only got drunk at the Common Riding. Farm worker."

Relatives in survey: Son 26.65

Scope and Contents "Was fined for being drunk in charge of a car. Very aggressive, threatens people with a gun if he thinks they are stealing his wood. Made disturbances at the local pub - they will not serve him now. Very clean house. [Male informant] confirms - writes poetry - doggerel. PC confirms - a twist in him, a bully, but not so ill to frighten. He thinks his wife must be daft to let him bring his fancy lady. [Male informant - Ok when sober but seldom sober. Has some funny ideas. When he could not...

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"This man, a labourer, and his wife have been charged with the neglect of their children. They were put out of a house in England. Filthy. Dr confirms - drinks like a fish, filthy."

Relatives in survey: Father 26.91; child 26.88; wife 26.89

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"Not very great, very fond of the booze, was wounded in the last war, has a wooden leg. Was a smallholder. Has now married 26.92 and is squatting, is hawking. Sergt. confirms - hawks sticks."

Relatives in survey: Wife 26.92; son 26.90; grand-daughter 26.88

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"Said to be a bad lot, but Sergt. says he likes a good drink but can't stand it. A labourer, harmless. Parents dead. Father said to have been in CRI many years ago. Dr does not think there is anything wrong mentally."

Relatives in survey: Child 26.94

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"PC says he is not a guid kind, inclined to a career of crime. In army. Dr thinks he is quite ordinary. Sergt. says he is really a decent lad and this was just the result of drink."

Relatives in survey: father 26.93

Includes newspaper cutting relating to theft of a motorcycle.

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"This man has just finished a sentence for theft. Used to drink a lot but has not been drunk since released. He is not doing anything at present. Mother alive, very old, dear old woman, clean. Housing: dirty, one room and attic (mother has the other half which is clean). Inharmonious."

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"Incomer, very much addicted to drink. Small crofter, now working on a small wood-cutting business."

Relatives in survey: 27.59

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"This woman is neurotic, always complaining of something, drinks too. Husband a mill worker, just been demobilised. Two children."

Relatives in survey: Sister 28.203

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Questionnaires for persons in Area 29. Indexed.