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Non-therapeutic circumcision of boys was a practice in the United Kingdom prior to about 1948. The National Health Service did not offer non-therapeutic circumcision of boys, so the practice was abandoned. Abandonment of non-therapeutic circumcision was encouraged by [[Douglas Gairdner]] whose landmark 1949 paper pointed out the lack of benefit and risks of non-therapeutic circumcision.<ref>{{GairdnerDM 1949}}</ref> Dave ''et al''. (2003) reported a declining incidence of circumcision in Britain.<ref name="dave2003">{{REFjournal |last=Dave |first=Sangreta S. |init= |author-link= |last2=Johnson |first2= |init2=AM |author2-link= |last3=Fenton |first3= |init3=KA |author3-link= |last4= |first4= |init4= |author4-link= |last5= |first5= |init5= |author5-link= |last6= |first6= |init6= |author6-link= |last7= |first7= |init7= |author7-link= |etal=no |title=Male circumcision in Britain: findings from a national probability sample survey |trans-title= |language= |journal=Sex Trans Infect |location= |date=2003 |volume=79 |issue= |article= |page= |pages=499-500 |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/general/dave1/ |archived= |quote= |pubmedID= |pubmedCID= |DOI= |accessdate=2021-05-18}}</ref>