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Occupation Centre.
An Occupation Centre was opened in Bromley in
1933 under the management of a Voluntary Committee,
and is held at St. Mark's Hall. Upwards of 28 mentally
defective children, who are incapable of receiving
education in special schools, are accepted at this Centre,
and are under the care of Miss H. Wade, Supervisor.
Employment of Children and Young Persons.
The number of children medically examined by the
School Medical Staff during 1938, and for whom certificates
were issued, was as follows:—
Total number examined 141
Fit certificates issued 140
The total number of children in employment at the
31st December, 1938, was:—
(a) Boys—
Newspaper delivery 157
Milk delivery 37
Delivery of goods and parcels 65
(b) Girls—
Newspaper delivery 2
Household help 1
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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 with 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, and much can be done, and is being done, to