INCIDENCE OF GOITRE
Special attention continues to be given to the question of goitre by various school medical officers. It is evident that the iodine-content of soil, though an important influence in the incidence of goitre, is not the only factor to be considered, the problem being rather concerned with the amount of iodine in the body-system available for use by the thyroid. Faults in the body metabolism and dietetic deficiencies may thus be responsible for the occurrence of goitre even though the iodine-intake is such as would be sufficient if other conditions for health were satisfactory. The amount of goitre of all degrees found in routine examination last year was 16.55 per cent. European and 5.75 per cent. Maori.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22718, 2 November 1935, Page 19
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120INCIDENCE OF GOITRE Otago Daily Times, Issue 22718, 2 November 1935, Page 19
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