HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE.
A WARTIME WARNING. A. «nd N.Z. SYDNEY, May 21. Speaking at a meeting at which a branch of the Public Health Association of Australasia was formed, Dr. Sutton stated that oat of every nine men between the ages of 18 and 45 tested for the war in England, three were found fit for active service, three useable for home service, two virtually invalids, and one who ought to have been in hospital. In Australia and New Zealand about four out of every nine were found fit for active service.
The object of the association was to get all existing health associations to work together for the public good, with special attention to the welfare of children.
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New Zealand Herald, 23 May 1921, Page 5
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