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Questionnaires for persons in Area 1.

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"This woman is not all right, a wee bit off, will lie in bed and smoke all day. She couldn't do with her husband and left him. Now lives alone. The daughters generally lived with their paternal grandmother who kept them neat and tidy. Dr confirms she has very bad delusions of persecution."

Relatives in survey: Husband 4.7; children 4.6, 4.5

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"In CRI. She was voluble and excited, talked constantly not always making sense, going to bayonet and kill some male acquaintances. She had been a housekeeper. She thought [her employer] was going to marry her and when he got another housekeeper she tried to attack the other woman. Re-admitted CRI, persecution complex."

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"Ad[mitted] to C.R.I, discharged - delusions of persecution. Father dead, was a gamekeeper. Mother bedridden with rheumatism. Only child. Has been living alone recently while his mother was in The Grove. Not very stable - see attached cutting - curses old ladies whom he thinks are his enemies."

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Questionnaires for persons in Area 8. Indexed.

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Questionnaires for persons in Area 1.

Scope and Contents "This woman is a "dirty old slut", never washes her face has a "notorious smell". The Parish Council have tried unsuccessfully to get her to clean up her house, but as it is her own property they can't do anything. Widow. Parents dead was brought up by aunts who spoilt her and were senile before they died. One daughter has two illegitimate children. One daughter has three illegitimate children. All verminous. Housing "two ends" for 8, filthy. [Male informant] used to visit them because the...

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"This man, a miller, was admitted to CR. Diagnosis: Schizophrenia."

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Questionnaires for persons in Area 1.

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"Doctor says this woman was in C.R.I with a puerperal psychosis. Also definitely dull. Mother: elderly, was in M.H. Incomer. Was depressed and agitated after childbirth. The doctor couldn't decide between schizophrenia and manic-depressive psychosis. House would probably be clean, not overcrowded."

Relatives in survey: Daughter 13.4