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After-Care Work.
The home environment cannot be excluded in the
consideration of the health of the school child, yet the
school medical service functions primarily for the child
at school or at the school clinics. The medical care of the
child at home remains under the care of the private
practitioner. The line of demarcation between the two
services is a distinct one, and is only partially blended by
the co-operation that exists between us. When a child is
referred to domiciliary care, the case is followed-up by the
school nurses, who in Bromley also act as health visitors,
agijd much can be done, and is being done, to give advice
on the proper care of the sick child and the correction of
a causal element. This especially applies to the maladjusted
child. The services of the Bromley Children's
Care Committee are invaluable, and I am much indebted
to Miss M. A. Isard for the services which she and others
render so willingly.
Report of the Bromley Children's Care Committee, 1936.
"During the year 1986 more milk and extra nourishment was
given to necessitous cases, than in the two or three previous years.
Fewer children were sent away to Convalescent Homes owing largely
to the prevalence of infectious diseases during the early part of the
year, and later on some of the Homes had to close down for several
weeks for the same reason.

The distribution of new and cast off clothing is an activity undertaken
by members of the Care Committee through the Clothing Room
of the Bromley Committee of Social Service, but the figures relating
thereto have not been included in the foregoing list.
The Care Committee would like to express thanks to all who have
helped at the School Clinics so regularly throughout the year, and
especially to Miss Fluck, who, at very short notice, willingly took over