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Evening Star, Issue 19388, 23 October 1926, Page 5

HEALTH OF CHILDREN ■* !A. DISQUIETING EEPOET. 80 PEE CENT. NOT FIT. Reporting to the Education. Board recently, a School Medical Officer says of some Now Zealand children: “20 per cent, of them are not up to the proper state of nutrition.” This ie a disquieting report. Malnutrition k a common complaint amongst children, and unless promptly rectified those who suffer will not develop into strong men and women, but will be handicapped all their lives. The most efficacious remedy for malnutrition in children is that old favorite, Wilson’s “ Maltoxo.” Maltexo, the concentrated extract of best malted barley, has the property of converting starchy food, such as bread, into malt sugar, in which form it is easily digested _by the weakest stomach. At the same time,. it enriches the blood, forms bone and muscle, and tones up the system. Children thrive on “Maltexo," because it is a pure, natural tonic food. Obtainable everywhere to one and two pound jars and 71b tins for lami-