View report page

PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICES
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.
CLINIC PREMISES
In connection with the future Capital Building Programme the following projects
have been included:-
Woodward Clinic
It had been hoped that in 1962, Woodward Clinic would have been rebuilt but
this project has been postponed until 1963. However the plans are well in hand
and the completed new clinic - a partial two-storey building • will allow for the
development and extension of our services. Special features of the proposed new
clinic are a double dental suite and the provision of a sound proof room to help in
the detection of hearing defects in very young children.
Gale Street Nursery
Our plans for the replacement of this nursery, a prefabricated building (now
nearing the end of its useful life), have been altered somewhat as the original new
site was to have been in the Mayesbrook area. It is now settled that when it is
built the site will be in Blake Avenue, which should prove a fairly central and
convenient place for the parents to take their children. It is nice to know it is so
near to Eastbury House which several years ago was one of our day nurseries.
Central Clinic
This extension project is scheduled to take place in 1965-66. This clinic,
though fairly extensive in area, has a large hall which is difficult to sub-divide
usefully, while the smaller rooms leading off from the hall are inadequate in number
and size for the varied number of sessions operating at the same time. At
times, even the staff room is called into use for special I.Q. examinations.
Upney Clinic
The rebuilding of the Upney Clinic situated within the Barking Hospital ground
is still in the distant future. The site is one in the corner of the grounds near the
Upney Station and although there is a steep embankment it might be possible to
build a three-storey building with the main services on the second and third floors,
when the second floor would be on the level of the road.
CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN
MATERNITY SERVICE
Ante-Natal Care. This was given as follows:-
20