ENGLISH SCHOOL CHILDREN.
REPORT OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS. . (Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright.) (London Times-Sydney San Special Cables) (Received Dec. 23, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, December 22. Mr Newman. Chief Medical Officer for the Education . Board, reports that of six million school children examined, 10 per cent, possessed defective eyesight, 2 per cent. ha<l defective hearing, 2 per cent, had suppurating ears, 10 per cent.- suffered from adenoids, 1 per cent, had ringworm; 1 per cent, tuberculosis, and -55 per cent, were affected by heart disease, and those requiring a dentist were over 50 per cent. Half a million were physically undermined owing to malnutrition.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XL, Issue 13263, 23 December 1913, Page 3
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103ENGLISH SCHOOL CHILDREN. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XL, Issue 13263, 23 December 1913, Page 3
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