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Screening sessions were also held at three local factories and a telephone exchange, at which 138 smears were
taken.
Hospitals are now able to accept more slides than in previous years and the service has expanded during the past
year. There is a need for further expansion in cervical cytology and I am indebted to the work of the Haringey
Cancer Control Committee for their generous help by means of public meetings and publicity, because this service
is so very dependant upon publicity and information. It has been estimated from the 1961 census that there are
47,530 women aged 35-64 in Haringey and if smears are taken once in five years the annual total should be
one-fifth or 9,505. A number of authorities now consider that smears should be taken before the age of 35 and
this service is provided at the Council's clinics. Although the Department of Health has not yet agreed to pay a fee
to general practitioners who offer this service to women under age 35 there may be scope for an expansion of the
service by lowering this age. It is not possible to know the exact number of smears taken in Haringey in 1971
but the following figures have been arrived at by estimation.

These women were not necessarily aged 35 - 64 — many were under 35 years.
During the year, 5 "positive" cases were found, of which 2 were subsequently diagnosed as cancer and 3 are still
under investigation.

'Supply of Cod Liver Oil was discontinued during the second Quarter and replaced by Vitamin drops.
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