Show PHYSICAL TEST FOR ALL URGED Conference Board Seeks Examinations to Prevent Prevent Prevent Pre Pre- vent Illness NEW NEV YORK YORI May IS The Tho Tho ad visa visa- of or an annual physical examination examina tion of every everyone ono one in the country i is i discussed discussed dis lis cussed in a report made public by the National Industrial Conference board A private wide nation investigation made by the board boar shows that more than 2 per cent of or the people are conI constantly constantly con con- disabled h by illness of one kind kindor I or another and led lcd to the tho conclusion that the tho government should conduct a thorough sickness prevention investigation Invest gation The report states that of the 2500 2600 men examined for the national arm army 33 per cent were found to bo be physically unfit Of applicants for the navy in 1914 76 per cent were rejected The leading cause for rejection rejection tion was defective Is vision Ion Then came defective teeth flat feet deformities an and heart affections In an examination of bakers bakera Inthis Inthis in inthis this city who applied for admission to the and 57 cent showed ann army na navy per a disease or physical defect The Tho percentage percentage per per- of or ta tailors ors rejected was nearl nearly I 63 of printers it was a little below 70 Of or a group of 2086 women garment workers examined practically per percent percent percent cent were by some physical or physical disability An investigation made of persons showed that the average loss of time per year was SA days The Tho wage loss for the entire country was estimated at between and a year The report suggests that the govern- govern I ment make an investigation and should I take Into account the following I lems 1 Reduction Jn iii infant morI mortality mortality mor mor- 2 Supervision of the health of at I school children including sanitation housing milk and water supply 3 Instruction Instruction In In- in personal hygiene 4 I tension of free hospital and free clinical din din- Ical cal agencies 5 Treatment of feeblemindedness feeblemindedness feeble feeble- I mindedness and venereal disease 6 Effect of occupation on health of work work- I ers |