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Clinics 645
Hospitals (excluding Barking Hospital) 91
General Practitioners 302
Total 1038
Confinements. During the year 1040 mothers were confined, giving birth to 1054
Infants (including 14 sets of twins). These were born as follows:-
Barking Hospital 646
Other Hospitals 92
At home 316
At Private Nursing Homes
Total 1054
In two instances patients failed to seek ante-natal care; in one case the expected
baby was illegitimate and in the other, the mother ignored her condition.
'post-Natal Cart. 530 Barking mothers attended the Post-Natal Clinic making a
total of 593 attendances. In addition, 302 mothers were under the care of their
tally doctors and 91 were under the care of hospitals outside the district.
nfant welfare
Attendances at Infant Welfare Clinics - 1961 and 1962
1961
1962
Number of children born in year who attended
817
938
total number of children who attended
2,454
2, 806
Total attendances
22,579
22,161
distribution of Welfare Foods
the following table shows the welfare foods distributed during 1961 and 1962:-
1961
1962
National Dried Milk
21,290
18,946 tins
Cod Liver Oil
2,519
1,360 bottles
Vitamin Tablets (A & D)
2,783
1,652 packets
Orange Juice
23,271
13,098 bottles
In addition, during 1962, 24,703 packets of proprietary brands of milk foods
etc, were sold at clinics.
GALE STREET DAY NURSERY
Gale Street day Nursery is a training school for students taking the National
Nursery examination Board certificate. They attend the South-East Essex Technical
College for academic training and higher education.
During 1962 we had six girls in training, one of whom sat the examination and
passed, In addition, two senior students entered the Royal Society of Health Nursery
Nurses Prize Essay Competition. The subject of the essay was “The Role of
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