SLUM BOYS

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10896, 10 March 1914, Page 8

SLUM BOYS

DR. MACKENZIE'S OB- - SERYaTIONS,

United Press Association—By Elec trio Telegraph—Copyright. Received March 10, 10 am. London, March 0. Carefully compiled records of aOO slam beys, observed Dr. MacKenzie, have been rv a rlr . W?»*!-• i.-eir physical condition a .id 'measurement*'" are below tile standard of the well to do, owing to lack of leLnre, fresh air meat food and heredity, the results challenge eugenists’ statements that as the fruit of bad stock, they are hopelessly inferior. Dr. MacKenzie would expect in the children of such parents many disquieting 'features, hut considers th n t they aro.not badly' equipped for life.