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PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
This section deals with those services which come under the
control of the Barking Health Area Sub-Committee of the Health
Committee of the Essex County Council.
CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN
MATERNITY SERVICE
Ante-Natal Care. This was received by all Barking mothers
confined during 1956 and was given as follows:—
Clinics 709
Hospitals (excluding Barking Hospital) 139
General Practitioners 77
925
Confinements. During the year 925 mothers were confined, giving
birth to 942 infants (including 17 pairs of twins). These were born as
follows:—
Barking Hospital 546
Othi Hospitals 142
At hene 254
942
It is pleasing to report that no maternal deaths occurred during
the year.
Post-Natal Care. 474 Barking mothers attended the Post-Natal
Clinic making total of 599 attendances. In addition 187 mothers
were under the care of their family doctors and 139 were under the
care of hospitals outside the district.
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ATTENDANCES AT INFANT WELFARE CLINICS—1955 & 1956
1955 1956
Number of children under 1 year old who attended 858 756
Total number of children who attended 2,738 2,533
Total attedences 27,390 25,157
Live births 1956 numbered 919. Taking into account the fact
that 30 babies were born in the last two weeks of 1956, and their
mothers could scarcely have had the opportunity of bringing them
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