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"This boy had an IQ of 85. He is looked on as a bad boy, stole. [Female informant] says this boy persuaded an evacuee to steal a £5 note; also stole cigarettes from the local shop. PC confirms this is a wild youth. [Male informant] no trouble at Academy, seems to have found his level in a bigger school."

Relatives in survey: mother 4.8; father 4.7; sibling 4.5

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"Does her letters upside down and backwards."

Siblings: 6.8, 6.10, 6.11 Father: 6.7

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Questionnaires for persons in Area 8. Indexed.

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Questionnaires for persons in Area 1.

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Questionnaires for persons in Area 1.

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Questionnaires for persons in Area 1.

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"A spoilt brat, nobody could handle him, just got his own way, would not come to school."

Sibling: 18.6

Scope and Contents 'This boy is a nuisance at school, always laughing or crying, unstable, upsets the others. He is babyish and spoilt at home. Very sensitive, bright, truthful. Not unintelligent but his reading is very bad. Out of control. Clean home, not overcrowded, children well turned out. Decent people, harmonious. [Male informant] thinks this boy is just wild. Dr agrees. [Female informant] thinks this child is very queer, confuses g and c. His writing book made most peculiar reading. Quite good...

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"This little girl is asthmatic, physcially delicate and a bad attender. Her IQ will be about 90- and she is one class retarded. Simple in a way but has a smartness too. Father was mother's uncle."

Relatives in survey: Father 2.44

Scope and Contents "This boy is a terror at home and at school; has more or less been expelled after trying to fight with the teacher. [Male informant] confirms that he is very excitable - always rushing about and annoying people. [Female teacher] says this boy is emotionally unstable, lies on the floor and screams with temper, cannot bear to be checked. He can read and write but is mentally below average. Only child, parents have always spoiled him. [Relative] also foams at the mouth with temper. Father...