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'This is an odd boy. He is very bright and should have taken the two language course. He couldn't do Latin and got terribly upset - his mother went to the headmaster in tears begging him to do something about it. He was moved to the one language course and had the same difficulty with French. He is now doing an ordinary course without languages and wants to be a joiner, though he has a very high IQ. Good boy, very easily upset.'

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'This boy was dull, said to have been in Special Class. Had the reputation of being a problem child and very troublesome but gave [female teacher] no trouble. PC says he is a bad boy, always in mischief, always up to something.'

Relatives in survey: Mother 20.35, sister 20.34

Scope and Contents '[Female teacher] thought this boy was going to be defective but he turned out to be quite bright. A queer, moody, aggravating child - would take difficult turns, often before he was ill. Used to giggle and laugh for no reason. Had a defeatist attitude. Could be difficult. Father a shepherd, mother in her late 30's, had an illegitimate daughter before marriage, very clever girl. Very good home conditions, clean, not overcrowded, harmonious. PC - all pretty dull but nothing wrong with them....

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"This boy is a behaviour problem, cunning, mischievous, "pure badness". He is illegitimate and lives with his grandfather. Whereabouts of mother not known. Minister confirms vacant look."

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"This little boy is called by his schoolmaster "an awful devil" - he is a nervous, highly strung type, very bright. He is enuretic."

Relatives in survey: 21.30, 21.31, 21.59, 21.60, 21.61, 21.58

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"This girl has just left school and is working in a butcher's shop. At school she was difficult, light-headed and given to giggling, but could be dour and defiant; teacher felt she could have made trouble. Dr confirms, this girl had either rheumatic fever or chorea, he can't remember which, but is now all right."

Relatives in survey: 21.30, 21.31, 21.59, 21.60, 21.61, 21.58, 21.32

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'This child is nervous, her hand trembles when she writes, teacher thinks she has had chorea. [Female teacher] considers her a difficult child, very little power of concentration, unhappy, never smiles or plays with the other children. Mother about 45, "a browbeaten object, but honest", "completely weakminded". Works in fields. [Subject] is very poorly clad - is bullied and beaten by her father. Condemned house.'

Relatives in survey: sibling 22.9 father 22.8

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'This child suffers from "extreme nerves". Mother a tyrant. Very clean house. [Female teacher] says this girl never settled at school, frightfully excitable, would rather lie than tell the truth.'

Relatives in survey: 22.31

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'Intelligent boy, "a rat", was often in trouble at school. Took advantage of his mother. Delicate.'

Relatives in survey: siblings 22.52, 22.53

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Questionnaires for persons in Area 23. Indexed.