'This little boy is "enough to poison the whole village" - sly, goes after little girls - a "pervert" (but [female informant] perhaps prejudiced). He is illegitimate. His mother has now married and gone away. His father is from a bad family. [Female informant] estimates this boy's IQ at 86 - says he gave her no trouble. But he has nasty traits like the rest of his family.'

Relatives in survey: 22.3, 22.4

'This boy got into trouble with the police for stealing when still at school. Considered a bad boy. [Female informant] just a rat, poor physique, under-nourished. Twice in trouble with the police but has pinched a lot at school as well. Dr did not know there was anyting wrong with this child. [Female informant] - has stole every day of his life, thought to be instabilty at home. Not stupid.'

Relatives in survey: sibling 22.10 father 22.8

"In backward class, good at reading, very bad at arithmetic. Truanting ++, otherwise nice lad. Father a POW in Japan. Mother is immoral, has Norwegians to stay with her. Children quite well turned out and clean".

'Came to school at Easter, head master can't get anything out of him. Lives with his grandfather and has no young people to play with. Parents alive but not living with him. Well looked after. Overcrowded. PC confirms, not bright but well looked after. Nurse: Cunning, deep, spoilt, has an adult mind. Minister thinks he is all right, a quiet and nice child. Father is a very fine man, normal.'

Relatives in survey: Grandmother 24.74

"This boy is very nervy. Excitable, highly strung, always tumbling about the house."

"Has a stammer but is improving. Steals a bit and is inclined to cheat. Good home, children well cared for, nicely brought up, which makes the cheating etc. the more surprising."

"Very restless, never still, always jerking about. Bright child. "Unbalanced". Has been referred to the Clinic. Does silly things, clumsy. Mother, 26, fed up with him. Father, 25, OK, rabbit trapper, used to be nervous, now ok. Good home conditions."

Symptoms: Twitching last 2 years. Highly strung, excitable.

"Very wild child, difficult to manage but quite bright. Nurse says he is dull and sad, pale, never smiles, filthy."

Relatives in survey: Mother 3.51

"This child won't speak. Only child, delicate and shy, not used to other children. Father an estate worker. Mother very bright. [Female informant] speaking now, backward because she has not been at school, very poor attendance. Has a bad ear. Clean, not overcrowded. [Male informant] any dullness will be on the father's side."

"This boy was very very dull when at school. He and his brother are regarded as a pair of devils. Father a farm worker, well-to-do. Clean house, not overcrowded. Headmaster confirms that both boys are problems. You cannot trust him at all - a proper little scamp. PC thinks this boy is not dull now, gives no trouble."

Brother 4.18