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SECTION B.
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA.
1. GENERAL HEALTH SERVICES.
(a) Ambulance Facilities.
Your three Borough Ambulances remain stationed at a Civil Defence
Depot and continue to be operated by Civil Defence personnel.
Reciprocal arrangements with the adjoining areas have been
maintained.
(b) Hospital Facilities.
The Barking Hospital continued to be an Emergency Hospital in the
Emergency Medical Service Schone. By arrangement beds are available for
patients from your own public health services, the numbers limited, however,
by the nursing staff available.
Voluntary hospitals catering for the residents of the Borough were
again given financial assistance, and the sum of £300 was allocated ty you
for distribution to these hospitals.
( c) Clinics and Treatment Centres.
The Central Clinic, Vioarage Drive, was, of course, used
extensively daring the year, and the Greig Hall and Porters Avenue premises
continued in service as Clinics and out-patient departments.
The attendances at the out-patient departments were very high
during 1942 - totalling 118,000, compared with 90,000 in the year 1939.
Humphrey Ante-Natal Clinic at Upney Hospital transferred to Upney
First Aid Post on 16.3.42, and the Post-Natal Clinic frcm Central Clinic to
Upney First Aid Post on 21.4.42.
(d) Foot Clinic.
This clinic's popularity continued to increase in 1942. The work
was restricted by the availability of the part-time staff and although a
whole-time chiropodist was appointed in June and part-time operators were
still employed at the end of the year, new patients could not be
accommodated immediately.

Of the new patients in 1942, 256 were old-age pensioners and
230 school children.
Whilst in 1940 and 1941 the clinic was mostly attended by
elderly people and housewives, 1942 attenders included a number of young
wemen and working men. The evening sessions have been of considerable
value to these younger persons.
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