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IN the summer of 1916 the Board of Scientific Studies was established under the asgis of the Royal Society to serve as a means of placing knowledge in the possession of scientific and technical societies at the disposal of Government departments. At the first general meeting of this board in July, 1916, the urgency of a physical survey of the nation, to discover whether or not there existed definite evidence of physical deterioration, was discussed. Emphasis was laid by various speakers on the fact that an Interdepartmental Committee had reported in 1904 that such a survey was necessary. Nothing, however, had been done. The mobilisation of a national Army had provided an opportunity, as well as a need, for such a survey.
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The Physique of Recruits. Nature 100, 109–110 (1917). https://doi.org/10.1038/100109a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/100109a0