DEFECTIVE TEETH

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20046, 19 September 1939, Page 10

DEFECTIVE TEETH

25 PER CENT OF RECRUITS AUCKLAND EXAMINATIONS (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. Medical examination of Auckland recruits was continued yesterday, when approximately 430 men were put through in 12 hours, Officers had been dealt with on Saturday, and those examined yesterday were in the main potential non-commissioned officers.

The summoning of the men TTy postal notice naming the day and hour worked very well, and waiting in queues was reduced to a minimum. Only about half a dozen of those notified failed to put in an appearance. Six medical boards worked simultaneously. The day was broken up into three shifts, and 36 doctors in all were engaged. The ratio of rejections for the day was somewhere near 25 per cent, but the great majority of those turned down were classified as “temporarily unfit.” The principal cause of this was defective teeth. It is expected that about two more days’ work will suffice for examining recruits in the Auckland metropolitan area. A further 249 men registered for the special force in the Northern Military District yesterday, bringing the total up to 4473. The area figures last night were: Auckland '1972, Paeroa 868, Whangarei 601, Hamilton 1032. WELLINGTON FIGURES (Per Pre»b Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Enlistments to date in the Central Military District, which embraces Wellington, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Napier, Gisborne, New Plymouth and Hawera, total 4104. Of the 3237 medically examined, 1753 were classed fit, 10u3 temporarily unfit, and 481 permanently unfit. Those temporarily unfit require mainly dental attention. The Wellington enlistment total last night was 1583.