MARRIED MEN.
—♦ — • THE MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS. , FAMILY MEN'S GOOD (Special to the. Herald.) , r ' Wellington, this day. . A remarkable feature about the medical examination .of the Second Division reservists is that Class B (married men j.vith one child) are showing a higher percentage of military fitness than Class "A (married men without children). The Minister of Defence informed your correspondent that Class A men were found, on medical examination, to have a' percentage of fits slightly greater than the' First Division, but Class B is equal - to the average. § ■' Asked if the medical standard has been varied for the Second Division men, Iho said: "We are applying the same ' faedical standard, if anything, stricter, because we are not proposing the reexamination of C 2 men. However, I -' cannot pledge myself to anything, be- : cause ijobody knows, what circumstances ' may arise to make us alter our opinion." y> *The results of the medical examinations of the Second Division to datjb are below. There still rfemained at the ■'• time of completing the l^eturn 1284 Class A and 6764 Class P men to be examined. GLASS A. ; Total examineef 1 -. ... 12,028 Passecl as fit ... 3957 ' Unfit • 1 W, 8071 . Percentage fit ... ..'. 32.89 Unfit • ... 67.11 CLASS B. Totalexamined ... ... 3053 Passed' as fit 1133 Unfit ... ' 1920 Percentage fit ... .... 37.11 Unfit ,62.89
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14608, 18 May 1918, Page 5
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215MARRIED MEN. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14608, 18 May 1918, Page 5
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