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Buntin who ran his surgery in the wooden wing of the East Street
premises.
Mr. Buntin agreed to transfer to Central Clinic and East Street
was closed for clinic purposes.
CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN
MATERNITY SERVICE
Ante-Natal Care. This was given as follows: —
Clinics 666
Hospitals (excluding Barking Hospital) 160
General Practitioners 95
921
Confinements. During the year 922 mothers were confined,
giving birth to 931 infants (including 12 pairs of twins). These were
horn as follows:—
Barking Hospital 501
Other Hospitals 162
At home 271
934
One confinement which occurred in the district related to a
woman who had failed to seek ante-natal care and who only called
her doctor after the onset of labour. The baby died before medical
aid arrived.
Post-Natal Care. 339 Barking mothers attended the Post-Natal
Clinic making a total of 363 attendances. In addition 226 mothers
were under the care of their family doctors and 160 were under the
care of hospitals outside the district.

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