INTERNATIONAL TABLE I.-Examination of recruits during the year 1900. Were rejected for disabilities Of each 1,000 accepted recruits the heights were as follows (in inches): 74 upward.. 2.96 .84 2.85 Causes of rejection (exclusive of under height) expressed in ratios per 1,000 of examined recruits: Physical debility Tuberculosis of lungs or other organs 22 Imperfect vision Heart disease 32.66 17. 31.99 24 Goiter.... 39 25 Varicose veins, varicocele, hemorrhoids. 56.43 23.88 あ 54.99 INTERNATIONAL TABLE III.—Movements of sick by branches of military service and by INTERNATIONAL TABLE VI.-Admissions of important diseases by branches of military service. VOLUNTEERS AND REGULARS, 1900. Admissions per 1,000 of mean strength. SURGEON-GENERAL. |