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bright blue and white and the furniture that of an ordinary room with blue-toned pictures on the wall. The nurses wear a blue and white uniform: both are fully qualified midwives. The personality of the nurse-incharge is a very important factor in handling cases, particularly of women who are very unhappy and of an undermined temperament such as the weary workers of the slums. The Clinic is open daily and twice a week is open late in the evening so that the husbands, if they desire to do so, can come with their wives after work hours. No letter of introduction is necessary, and no fees are taken. Any mother or father who desires to do so can walk in at any time.

The procedure is as follows: After the case is talked over and general help and advice given, if definite instruction in the use of the cap or other preventive is found necessary, the nurse takes the inquirer to the inner room which is more severely furnished and provided with an examination couch, wash hand basin, disinfectants and a screen. Here, particularly if the cap (as is usual) is the method of control advocated, the nurse makes a simple digital examination (of course wearing rubber gloves and disinfecting adequately) to ascertain whether the uterus is in the normal position or