THE NATION’S PHYSIQUE,
A SERIOUS INDICTMENT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Received 9.20 p.m., July 21. London, July 21. During the last decade 34 per cent, of wouldrbe army recruits in Britain were rejected as medically unfit, in addition to a large number not examined, being obviously unfit. The chief cause of rejection was poor physique. The DirectorGeneral of the Army suggests the appointment of a commission to inquire into the causeß of decline, and the best means to improve the national health.
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 948, 22 July 1903, Page 3
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81THE NATION’S PHYSIQUE, Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 948, 22 July 1903, Page 3
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