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Mrs. Brooks (of the Brook Advisory Clinics) once said that she wondered whether some of today's
girls were being used as prostitutes were in former times. A small number do seem to be exploited
in this way.
I feel uneasy when a girl comes saying "my boyfriend said I should get the Pill" not "I want advice
about birth control" or "my boyfriend thought it would be a good idea to live together". Quite a
few do live together. Some appear to be using it as a testing period for possible marriage, others
are unhappy about living together but are unable to extricate themselves for one reason or another.
This is where counselling may be helpful.
The results of this first year's work are encouraging and the work is certainly rewarding.

A Midwive's Ante-Clinic was held at Park Lane Centre on 37 occasions. 83 attendances were
made for ante-natal consultations. There were no post-natal attendances.
Cervical Cytology
Clinics continued to be held at centres in the Borough throughout the year, part of the routine
ante-natal clinic sessions being reserved for the taking of "smears". A separate evening cytology
session continued at Mildura Court Centre, Hornsey, where 47 sessions were held during the year.