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thwarting the object of the Clinic and frightening away the people who most need help and whose whole temperament and outlook are disposed to make them shrink from and fear any kind of categorical inquiry.

In designing the case sheets therefore it was endeavoured to draw the mean between a standard of impossible though desirable detail, and the minimum of those factors which might prove useful in any future consideration of the case. The case sheets have spaces for the Number, Name, Address, Husband's name, Age at Marriage, Husband's Age at Marriage, Date of Marriage, and twelve columns for the births already existing, with spaces for the Date of each Birth or Miscarriage, a note whether still living or dead, and the Duration of Pregnancy. Also further notes on the Mother's history, Father's history and details about the children, if these are volunteered. It should be remarked that quite often the twelve columns are not sufficient for the pregnancies when abortions and miscarriages are taken into account, as, of course, they should be in every consideration of woman as mother.

It should be noted that from the point of view of economy and convenience of filing, the sheets were made the same size