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Table 5.— Analysis of Medical Grading of Unfit Men This table is based on the analysis of a group of 22,736 cases of men placed in Grades II, III, and IV, these representing the bulk of those examined over the period June to December, 1942, and including men called in Ballots 15 (part), 16, 17, and 18 (part).

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Nnmhfir of Men r>lared in o™ ri * Percentage Percentage within the jn uraoer or Men placed in uiade. of Grand Cla8s placed in Gra(le _ Item. Class of Medical Condition. Total. Total falling Total. II. III. IV. Wi aass thG IL I1L IV - Infectious and Parasitic Diseases 1 Tuberculosis (excluding pulmonary) .. .. 8 45 24 77 0*3 10 59 31 100 2 Venereal .. .. .. .. .. 4 15 4 23 0-1 17 66 17 100 3 All other infectious and parasitic diseases .. 12 28 6 46 0*2 26 61 13 100 Items 1 to 3 combined .. .. .. 24 88 34 146 0-6 17 60 23 100 Nervous and Mental Diseases 4 Mental deficiency, mental alienation, and epilepsy 15 167 136 318 1*4 5 52 43 100 5 Functional nervous disorders .. .. 349 521 34 904 4-0 38 58 4 100 6 Organic nervous disorders .. .. .. 68 123 49 240 1-0 28 51 21 100 Items 4 to 6 combined .. .. .. 432 811 219 1,462 6 -4 30 55 15 100 Cardio-vascular Diseases 7 Organic heart diseases and arrhythmias .. 73 553 68 694 3*1 10 80 10 100 8 Functional heart disorders .. .. .. 135 183 4 322 1-4 42 57 1 100 9 Blood-vessel diseases .. .. .. 1,102 1,426 24 2,552 11• 2 43 56 I 100 Items 7 to 9 combined .. .. .. 1,310 2,162 96 3,568 15-7 37 60 3 100 Alimentary Diseases 10 Mouth (including dental) and throat .. .. 50 47 1 98 0-4 51 48 1 100 11 Stomach and duodenal disorders .. .. 165 713 15 893 3-9 18 80 2 100 12 Other alimentary disorders, including liver and 81 133 21 235 1*1 34 57 9 100 gall-bladder Items 10 to 12 combined .. .. 296 893 37 1,226 5 -4 24 73 3 100 Respiratory Diseases 13 Pulmonary tuberculosis .. .. .. 6 112 98 216 1*0 3 52 45 100 14 Other pulmonary diseases .. .. .. 97 174 17 288 1-3 34 60 6 100 15 Asthma .. .. .. .. .. 181 437 41 659 2-9 28 66 6 100 16 Paranasal sinus infection .. .. •• 93 96 3 192 0-8 48 50 2 100 Items 13 to 16 combined .. .. 377 819 159 1,355 6 0 28 60 12 100 Disorders of Bones and Organs of Locomotion 17 Disorders of upper extremities .. .. 337 644 31 1,012 4-4 33 64 3 100 18 Disorders of lower extremities (excluding flat feet) 1,056 2,469 85 3,610 15-9 29 69 2 100 19 Flat feet .. .. .. .. .. 413 759 5 1,177 5-2 35 65 .. 100 20 Rheumatic (bone and joint) and arthritic disorders 157 419 24 600 2-6 26 70 4 100 21 Other bone disorders .. .. .. 58 218 33 309 1*4 19 70 11 100 22 Fibrositic conditions including lumbago, sciatica, 175 241 2 418 1-8 42 58 .. 100 Items 17 to 22 combined .. .. 2,196 4,750 180 7,126 31-3 31 67 2 100 Ear Disorders 23 Otitis media and mastoid disease .. .. 113 268 10 391 1-7 29 69 2 100 24 Other ear disorders .. .. . • 139 292 39 470 2-1 30 62 8 100 Items 23 and 24 combined .. .. 252 560 49 861 3-8 29 65 6 100 Eye Disorders 25 Defective vision .. .. •• 1,248 969 3.1 2,248 9-9 56 43 1 100 26 Blindness (one or both eyes) .. .. 135 92 16 243 1-1 55 38 7 100 27 Other eye disorders .. .. .. 126 64 6 196 0-8 64 33 3 100 Items 25 to 27 combined .. .. 1,509 1,125 53 2,687 11-8 56 42 2 100 Other Glasses 28 All skin-diseases .. .. .. .. 151 287 11 449 2-0 34 64 2 100 29 Tumours, malignant and non-malignant .. 5 II 8 24 0'1 21 46 33 100 30 Genito-urinary diseases, other than venereal .. 136 224 21 381 1-7 36 59 5 100 31 Diseases of blood and blood-forming organs .. 11 13 2 26 0-1 42 50 8 100 32 Diabetes .. .. .. .. .. 3 44 26 73 0-3 4 60 36 100 33 Thyroid gland diseases .. .. .. 250 319 13 582 2-6 43 55 2 100 34 Hernias .. .. .. .. .. 344 749 18 1,111 4-9 31 67 2 100 35 Overweight or underweight .. .. .. 254 171 7 432 1-9 59 39 2 100 36 Other disorders, local or general (not included 711 479 37 1,227 5'4 58 39 3 100 above) Grand total.. .. .. .. 8,261 13,505 970 22,736 100-0 36 60 4 100 Note. —Cases of indefinite medical grading such as " Deferred," "Temporarily Unfit," &c., are excluded from this analysis.