LIFE POLICIES
MEDICAL EXAMINATION
MEDICAL FEDERATION I'RGES ASSERANCE OFFICES. “WORTH THE EXPERIMENT.” By Telegraph.—Press Assn —Copyright. Australian atd N.Z. CabU Association. (Received October 25, 8.5 p.m.) LONDON, October 25. The Federation of Medical and Allied Services approved of the principle of a voluntary, periodic medical examination of life policy-holders. Sir Malcolm Morris, the chairman, said tho council desired to improve the health of citizens by promoting examination, so that any departure from normal health might be detected before disease manifested itself. The first step lay with the assurance offices, in offering inducements to policy-holders. The offices would benefit by decreased mortality, while improving general health. Sir Harry Bruce-Porter said that if the educated portion of the community Submitted to periodic examination, others would follow.
Air E. W. Phillips said he and the other representatives of life offices had been in America to study the question, and had decided it was worth the experiment.
The federation decided to press tho life assurance offices with the desirability of adopting the practice.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11660, 26 October 1923, Page 6
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169LIFE POLICIES New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11660, 26 October 1923, Page 6
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