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10. CERVICAL CYTOLOGY
This service, under Section 28, which was inaugurated at the end of last year,
has developed during 1966, and 762 smears were taken.
During the year two more clinics were started by the Council and facilities
are therefore now available at Cherington House, Ravenor Park and Pierrepoint Road
clinics. The smears are taken by a doctor on the Council's staff, and the cytological
work is undertaken by King Edward Memorial Hospital.
At present it is necessary for patients to be referred by their own doctor but
it has been represented to me during the year that the local practitioners would
prefer the service to be available by direct application to a clinic. It is hoped to
arrange this in the future for all women in the age group at maximum risk (over 35
years). The general practitioner will of course, as at present, be sent the result of
all smears taken of his patients. Of the 762 smears taken during the year one was
positive and required further investigation.
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