[Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough.

Bournemouth (England). County Borough Council. nb2004301338.

Date:: 1966

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Credit: [Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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(4) Cervical Cytology Clinic During the year 977 women attended by appointment to have cervical smears taken for examination for evidence of cancer. This included ten who attended in 1965 and were recalled either to ensure that some minor disorder had been corrected or because of unsatisfactory smears on their first visit. Fifty-eight women attended twice during the year 1966 for this reason. For most of the year, two sessions were held each week at the central clinic at Avebury. In view of the distance involved in getting to this clinic from estates in the north of the Borough, it was decided in November to hold one of the sessions each week at Pelhams Clinic, Millhams Road, Kinson. This clinic was well attended for the remainder of the year. Three cases of cancer of the cervix were discovered and a number of other patients referred to their own doctors for further examination or investigation or because of minor disorders. In the last few weeks of the year, the women attending the clinics were also offered a simple test for the discovery of sugar or protein in the urine.