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Central Clinic
This extension project is still in the future but I hope not too
long delayed as with the intensified development of houses and flats
in the vicinity, adequate clinic facilities are essential.
CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN
maternity Service
Ante-Natal Care. This was given as follows:-
Clinics 629
Hospitals (excluding Barking Hospital) 133
General Practitioners 278
Total 1,040
Confinements. During the year 1,043 mothers were confined,
giving birth to 1,052 infants (including 9 sets of twins),
These were born as follows:-
Barking Hospital 629
Other Hospitals 136
At Home 285
At Private Nursing Homes 2
Total 1,052
In three instances patients failed to seek ante-natal care; in one
the expected baby was illegitimate and in the other two the
others ignored their condition. However, all three babies survived.
Post-natal care. 489 Barking mothers attended the Post-Natal
Clinic, making a total of 581 attendances. In addition 278 mothers
were under the care of their family doctors and 133 were under the
care of hospitals outside the district.
Infant Welfare
Attendances at Infant Welfare Clinics
1962 and 1963
Number of children born in year 1962 1963
Who attended 938 949
Total number of children who
attended 2,806 3,361
Total attendances 22,161 20,132
From the above it will be noted that a larger number of children
visited the clinics, but made an average of fewer attendances.
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