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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Merton 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton]
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Health to Local Health Authorities, Regional Hospital Boards, and
Local Executive Councils, expressing the hope that Local Health
Authorities, hospital and general practitioner services would co-operate
in developing screening services for cancer of the cervix. In this
memorandum the Minister indicated that the service should be confined
to persons of 35 years and over, and that repeat smears should
be taken at five-yearly intervals.
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