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"Always queer, used to say the children must get out of the schoolhouse as there was somebody underneath it. Now very peculiar, eccentric. Parents were first cousins. Mother now dead. House pretty dirty. On OAP."

Sibling: 30.6

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"Attended OPC - paranoid reaction. Recent onset. Also had a kidney condition. Cashier in ICI. No information about sibs, but there is said to be no mental or nervous disorder. Wife very nice, intelligent. No children. Good home conditions."

Scope and Contents "Occupation: House Duties. Husband was killed in action in last war. Rate-aided patient. P[atien]t has two children, both illegitimate. Admitted to CRI. Has built up a delusional system about a legacy. Auditory hallucinations leading to her wandering from her house in night attire. Delusions of persecution. Thinks her neighbours are trying to get money which is legally hers. Diagnosis: Paraphrenia with delusions of persecution and auditory hallucinations. Son works on railway. Daughter works...

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"This man, an old soldier, is said to be peculiar. He is a good scholar, a beautiful writer, but you cannot make any sense out of him - just talks nonsense. He would not work before the war, but has been working about the aerodrome recently. Used to loaf about the stables, was a sort of groom but never had a real job. Well read. PAO says this man used to have very bad drinking bouts. Nurse says this man raves and acts the goat. Dr confirms chronic alcoholism, working ability impaired."

Scope and Contents "Disagrees with everybody, thinks that his neighbours are damaging his sheep and cows. Unpopular, not a friend in the district, eccentric behaviour. Defiant and a liar. Was fined for not conforming to the regulations for sheep tending. Had a brain storm?. Persecutory ideas, mean. PC says he is dull and unpopular, always fighting with [3.29]. Impulsive. He has always lived with his parents and is still under the domination of his old mother, has never been on his own. Mother, pretty old, ok....

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"Schizphrenia symptoms for 2 years prior to stay at CR. Dr says she is doing quite well."

Relatives in survey: Daughter 33.2

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"This woman is described as mental and a bit soft. "She doesn't keep well in hot weather". She has a tongue like a tinker. She is feckless and useless, would talk the hind legs off a donkey. Always complaining. Dr confirms that this woman is a dirty and hypochondrial old pest with an awful tongue. Nurse confirms that this woman is queer; sometimes very clean however."

Relatives in survey: Brother 34.3

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"Rate aided patient. She is apprehensive and suspicious. At times noisy and excitable. Takes no interest in her surroundings or her personal appearance. Is said to have attacked her daughter."

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Questionnaires for persons in Area 37. Indexed.

Scope and Contents From the File:

Questionnaires for persons in Area 37. Indexed.