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teeth. For evidences of rickets, however, the "good" schools give
the worst figures. Rickets is as much a disorder brought about
by over-feeding and insufficient exercise, as by purely environmental
factors. A child, in his early years, who is fed on plain
food and gets plenty of exercise in the open air, is less liable to
develop rickets than the pampered, over-fed and over-clothed
child.