HEALTH OF CHILDREN. A DISQUIETING REPORT. 20 PER CENT. NOT FIT, Reporting to the Education Board recently, a School Medical Officer says of some New Zealand children: “20 per cent, of them are not up to the proper state of nutrition.” This is a disquieting report. Malnutrition is a common complaint amongst children, and, unless promptly rectified, those who suffer wifi 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 favourite, Wilson’s “Maltexo.” 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 i \( (he same time, it enriches the blood, forms bone and muscle, and tones up the system. Chil-.fia.i-.-xo’' because it is j a pure, natural tonic food. Obtainable 1 everywhere, n 11b and 21b jars and 71b [ tins for families. —Advt.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19947, 15 November 1926, Page 9
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