THE MEDICAL BOARDS
•-» ■ EXAMINATION OF RECRUITS PERCENTAGE OF PASSES ;An official return covering the work of tho medical boards up to June 11 shows that the num her of Class A reservists, Second Division, examined hnu been 12.028. Of this number ."'157 had been passed fit. (fit A or CD, and £071 had been declared unfit. The percentage of fits was 32.89, and of unfits 67.11.
The Class B reservists eximined up lo June 11 numbered 10,375, of whom 3913 had been declared fit and 0132 unfit. The percentage of fits was 38, and of unfits (12 The total number of Class 11 reservists drawn in the April and May ballots was 13.0(H), so that on June 11 nearly 8000 of the B men had still to be examined. Since then 10,000 reservists have been drawn from Class C. The figures show that the medical boaids havo a great deal of work in hand. It should be understood that 'he percentage of fit men docs not lopresent the percentages actualb liken into camp. The reservists who have been passed by the medical boards have still the right of appeal to tho military service boards, and the men srajited suspension or exemption have to be deducted from the number of fit reservists in ord?r to show the net yield of recruits for the Army. Balloted men who had not been examined on June 11 would not become available to enter camp, allowing for the usual three months' leave, until the September draft at earliest. Figures that havo already been published show that at the end 'of last week the number of men under orders to concentrate with the August draft was 1250, and with tlw September draft 810. It appeals, • hereto w, that the Class B men remaining to be examined after Juno 11 will complete the September draft and provide a surplus for the October draft, while some of lie V- men, whose appeals are now bol'orc the boards, will eventually find their way into later drafts. The first of the Class C men, drawn in the last ballot, will las set down for October, but most of them will enter camp later.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 234, 21 June 1918, Page 6
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363THE MEDICAL BOARDS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 234, 21 June 1918, Page 6
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