The Holly chieftain., 1922-10-12

thoue lslund had the largest relative number OF
men who We're below the required military height
the largest percentage of those below the required
military weight for their height and also the Iarg
est percentage of those who regarded as
obese In other words the population, which was
composed to considerable extent of South Euro
peans and French Canadians, to the extreme
ihe men from certain of the other states, and
especially from the North Central and Northwest
ern states, were much better proportioned
II was matter of surprise to many that the
actuaI gain in weight of the men while in military
service was only about three and one-third pounds
mere We're premature reports Of average gains Of
from II to 10 pounds. What actually happened
however was that the lean men became more ro-
Dust while those who were overweight were
trained down to their proper proportion.
lhe average height or stature of 100000 men
was 6f.49 The shortest men came from Rhode
island 664 inches; the taes from Texas 6S4
Inches Considering the population groups the
talest men came from the mountain area Of North
Carolina. These men were of Scotch descent and
averaged 6S87 inches
'The average weight for the United States was
141.54 pounds. The heaviest men were from South
Dakota. 1866 pounds. and the lightest from Rhode
Island, 1864 pounds.
I'm each 100 men from the urban districts there
were 81 defects noted. and from the rural 53 Chi
cago, 81, and Boston, 80. were above the average
for the cities while Philadelphia, CO. and New
York. 60. were both below the average.
"Of the individual defects, that which was re-
corded most frequently was fat feet. 117 per cent
Of the men examined. Nineteen and six-tenths per
cent Of all defects noted were for this one.
''The effect Of race upon the relative frequency
of this defect Is shown by the fact that the sec.
tions with 45 per cent Of negroes had relatively
much smaller number Of cases. rs per cent, than
those OF the Scandinavians, 1913 per cent. those OF
the Germans and Of Scandnaviaps. lib per cent,
or of those Of the Germans and Austrans 1874
per cent. Consequently. the states Of the North
Central section and Of tile Northwest had reia-
lively high percentage of cases Of this defect.
Flat foot was noted only II per cent as fire.
quenty among the men from the rural districts as
among those from the urban.
According to the best information available
veneren diseases were noted In ST per cent Of
the selective service men who were sent to the
military camps Five and eighttenths per cent OF
all the diseases noted belonged to this class The
relative prevalence of this class of disease varied
from 1874 per cent among the men from Flordn
to 1.3 among those from Vermont.
"The third most frequent defect noted was
hernia the result Of insufficient muscular abdomn
al support probably aggravated by excessively
heavy labor. OF each 100 men examined. four had
an actual or potential hernia. Seven and onetenth
per cent Of all the defects noted of this char
acter The relative number Of cases was greatest
among the men from Oregon, 1S per cent, and
least among those from Kentucky. % per cent.
.srhe refractive errors Of the eye stood fourth In
numerical frequency. OF each 100 men, 3.3 had de-
fective vision, due to some character of refractve
error OF NIL the defects noted SO per cent be-
Ionged to this class.
"Two and One-half per cent Of all of Glass men
were rejected as unfit for military service on ac-
count of tuberculosis. or Of suspected tuberculosis
Expressed In absolute numbers $4,000 men out OF
3.7e4,OO0 were unfit for military service as the
result of this dsease 1t was relatively most fre-
quent among the from certain of the states
Ne tt,n Mast Cnut tIv.pct tn btCl,nf
or their ancestors had migrated account of It,
The percentage of cases was greatest among those
from Arizona. 81 per cent and least among those
from Wyoming. IL per cent. Arizona was followed
by New Mexico. Colorado, California md then
Rhode Island
IA greater number of cases reported amcng
the men from the cities, "a per cent. than among
those from rural districts, 1.s per cent The rela-
tive number of men rejected for this cause from
the four large cities was greatest among those
from Philadelphia. "a per cent, followed by New
York, 23 per cent Chicago, % per cent, and Bos
ton, 81 per cent.
"One and fve-ienths per cent of all of the men
examined We're rejected on account Of mental alb.