Weights of Prisoners as an Indication of the Class of Labour for Which They Are Fit

In para. 3 lie states that judging health solely from a table and without any other aid, and that too by a non-medical official, is very likely to lead to disastrous results, and in para. 9 he refers to the "futility of getting a table of weights to do the work of the Medical Officer. " Every one would agree with Dr. MacNamara in this, but it is not clear why he should have considered it necessary to show the futility of getting a table of weights to do the work of the Medical Officer,?because he says in para. 4 that " referring the matter further led to the reply that the table was in no way intended to be a substitute for the ordinary medical examination heretofore