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chemical foods can be obtained at the minimum cost
and with the minimum of trouble, malnutrition should
not be expected. This I can say is so, and it reflects
the high standard which your services are maintaining.
Our statistics in regard to malnutrition only deal
with school-children and are as follows :—
Of 4,716 children examined by routine at school
medical inspection, 5 were found to be suffering from
malnutrition, 287 were found to have slightly subnormal
nutrition, 3,243 normal nutrition, and 1,181
with excellent nutrition.