MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS.
RESULTS OF. NEW SOUTH WALES SYSTEM. Received Last Night, 9 o'clock. SYDNEY, December 8. The report of the Medical Inspection Department of the Education Department shows that out of 2519 schojars examined 17 per cent, are suffering from defective vision, 20 per cent from defective hearing, and 27 per cent, from nose and throat diseases. There is also r a considerable percentage of deformities and the malnutrition ahove nutrition is thirteen per cent, in girls and nothing in boys. The report™ recommends the appointment of six assistant medicil officers to examine the school chil dren.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10139, 9 December 1910, Page 5
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99MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10139, 9 December 1910, Page 5
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