3 JUNE 1966, Page 11

SIR,—Dr Wilson rightly points out that when teenage girls engage

in sexual intercourse, it is normally 'a matter of the park at night, the back seat of a car, a hurried scramble in the front room with Mum and Dad snoring upstairs,' and consequently reliable contraception is not feasible. He does not, however, consider the desirability of parents making hygienic privacy available. This is surely a better solution of the problem than the exhortations to stop short at 'heavy petting' which Dr Wilson recommends. ALEC CRAIG