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Session 11. 1918. NE W ZEALAND.

RECRUITS EXAMINED BY SPECIAL DISTRICT MEDICAL BOARDS (RETURN OF) FROM 1st JULY, 1917, TO COMPLETION OF THE FIRST-DIVISION BALLOTS.

Laid on the Table of the House of Representatives by Leave.

Contents. Table 1. —Concise summary showing result of examinations. Table 2.—Summary showing classes, by districts, according to age, in which recruits were placed by the Special District Medical Boards. Table 3. —Summary showing totals, by districts, according to classes in which recruits were placed, also totals for the Dominion according to classes. Table 4. -Summary showing the birthplaces of recruits. Table 5.- -Showing causes of rejections from " A " class. Table 6. —Detailed return for the four military districts showing the following particulars concerning the recruits examined : (1) Occupation, (2) age, (3) birthplace, (4) class in which placed. (a.) Auckland Military District. (6.) Wellington Military District, (c.) Canterbury Military District. (d.) Otago Military District. Table 7. Summary for Dominion, by occupation of recruits, of diseases for which they were rejected from the " A " class. Table 8. —Detailed return of Table 7, by districts. (a.) Auckland Military District. (b.) Wellington Military District, (c.) Canterbury Military District. (d.) Otago Military District. KXPLANATTONS OF ABBREVIATIONS, CIASRI KTCATIONS, ETfl. Abbreviations. N.Z. = New Zealand. Col. = All other British possessions. U.K. = United Kingdom. O.C. = Other countries. Classifications. A. —Men fit for active service beyond the seas. B. —Men fit for active service beyond the seas if they undergo specified medical, surgical, or dental treatment —(1) after operation in camp or public hospital, (2) after recovery at home.

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