the patient, additional food or clothing, or in
loaning out an additional bed or bedding;
(d) in aiding the family during the absence of the
patient in a sanatorium, and thus reducing the
temptation to terminate institutional treatment
prematurely, and
(e) in encouraging each patient to take the necessary
precautions and to adopt the special treatment
recommended for him.
Some of these activities overlap into the activities of the tuberculosis officer and of the visiting nurse of the local authority; but there need be no practical difficulty in adjusting this. It is important that Care Committees should act in coöperation with local authorities, insurance committees, and charitable agencies, and should have representatives of these bodies on them. The medical officer of health and tuberculosis should also be ex-officio members of their committee.