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"This man was in CR as a rate-aided patient, diagnosed Schizophrenia. Father died in CR, depression. Mother, normal, aged 50-60, quiet. Good workman, 5 years in last job. Family has come down in the world, grandfather and great grandfather were schoolmasters."

Relatives in survey: Father

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"A dirty woman, a helpless creature, but has a tongue "that wad cut cloots". This family are all soft."

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Scope and Contents "This woman was in CR as a certified rate-aided patient. Not diagnosed but apparently schizophrenic. Very toxic mouth. Employed as a domestic worker. Father a farm labourer, mother was a wee bit eccentric. [Male informant] this woman is now married with one child, lives with her mother, not really better, spoilt by parents. [Male informant] confirms - she seems to be hysterical and hypochondrial. Keeps on saying she has no energy to cope with her little boy. Dr confirms this woman is...

Scope and Contents "Peculiar, likes being alone, does not speak to anybody. Was a draper but was so sarcastic that his business fell away and he had to close donwn. Lived in one room with his sister, she is now dead. Brought up to do nothing for themselves. Shellshocked in the last war. Still dresses in the old tradition with a bowler hat and long moustaches. Spends his time now on his allotment and with his bees. Was supposed to marry whenever the woman's brother died - but she is now dead. He shouts and...

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"This man is a kind of vagrant. Was in the last war and is queer; forms fours on the roads, runs about the woods at night clad only in his shirt. A tramp. Has 8/- pension from last war, plus OAP. Dr confirms - this is a remarkably clean tramp who takes a bath in a horsetrough even in winter. Not much respect for decencies. [Male informant] confirms - an old soldier, thought to have had sunstroke in the East."

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"This woman was queer for a time - said her husband hammered her but there was no sign of it; was thought to be going off her head. Doctor was there a lot, some awful rows at night. Has now been quiet for a long time. Is said to come from a queer family. Husband a quarry worker, a gem. [Male informant] confirms - hysterical, neurotic, worrying, very vivid imagination. Clean house, not overcrowded."

Relatives in survey: child 11.56

Relatives in survey: Husband

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"This woman was in CR, rate-aided certified patient. Diagnosis - Paraphrenia. Separated from husband. Husband drank. Parents dead, father was a farmer. PC says this woman is still abnormal, persecuted and queer, lives alone. Nurse confirms - she is queer and suspicious, lives alone, unsociable."

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"Diagnosis: Paraphrenic with grandiose delusions. Patient lost his job in 1919 and was out of work for some time. This reyed on his mind till he offered to work for his food rather than be idle. Became irritiable and drifted into a state of religious excitement, praying and preaching on the streets. Began to hear voices and go off his sleep."