DEFECTIVE MOTHERHOOD.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 134, 7 June 1911, Page 4

DEFECTIVE MOTHERHOOD.

FACTORY WORK AND ATHLETICS | MEDICAL MAX'S OPINION. (By Telegraph.—Own Corresponfleat.) 1 CHRISTCHURCH, Tasday Dr. W. H. Symes, a well-knbirn cal man, writing to the Prees , commenting upon statements" • made by the captain of H.M.B. R o J. , says:—'lt seems to mc appallnw to k told that nearly three-qu^rte^oi sl '• boys are medically unfit to enter tfi .: Royal Navy, having been myself & tfi navy, and having had to examine , a W'! number of boys for admission to ti» ■ service, I can testify that the condition : - are perfectly reasonable. I wish to noiit ' out what I 'believe to he the conclusio, we ought to draw from these statistk" namely, that the defecte alluded to w ' : partly the result of defective mother- : ; hood. I think it wonld be a great int. provement if the education of girls afia j 12 years of age were conducted on s» cial lines, quite different from 1 boys, and that all other "consideration I should yield precedence, to the object of ; fitting girls to become good wives' and I mothers. Factory employment and we 1 excessive athletic pursuits also cits ' dire results from the above poinicf■'• view, and I think it would be ft great 0 advantage to the community if girls wei ; debarred from entering {factories tefci ■■ the age of 20."