FIT AND UNFIT.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16308, 9 August 1917, Page 2

FIT AND UNFIT.

AMOXG BALLOTTED MEX

OFFICIAL RETURN.

A return has been presented to Parliament by the Minister of Defence concerning th c age, occupations and physical condition of 40.773 recruits drawn m th c ballot to June 30. It shows that of this total 31.537 were born iu New Zealand, 2098 in t'-o colonies 7017 in tho United Kingdom.' and 1:21 m other countries, thu« disl posing, he said, of the suggestion that our_tspe.l«tionary Force wa„ mauo „p o{ JLnglishmen. ' Tno c!i«rsification by the m.-dical examiners g:oupcd the men under headings as follows: —

A—Men fit for active service beyono thc seas. B—Men flfc for active service Vieyond the seas if they undergo specified medical treatment or surgical or dental treatment; (1) after operation m camp qj; public hospital; (•?) a ft C r recovery at home. .C —Men pprmanentlv unfit for active service beyond the seas, but 'fit tor ncuvo service in Nov.- Zealand in connection with the present w-r----(1' those that mi>ht be made fit for active service after further tra>'i:in" (2) cithers.

D—Men permanently unfit either for retire service overseas or for nnv *emce in New Zealand for the purposes 01 the present war. The result of the examination was as follows—Passed A 15.."fi. of v.] loni nv.re tlian half were in the n ,r P „,.„„„ twenty to thirty: nn,=sed Rf nil ."mJ rrl R2 W. n 407. IlaP=0(1 p! 1 passed D 2020. " --•.,_. C.ATTPES OF REJECTION. The leading causes of medical releeuon were:- "-J 1 - 1 - Detective lower extremeties 04,^ Detective vision ... '"" i™,. Valvular disease of heart" 09-0 Other heart diseases "" Jojo of rein ... ... .'. to,-," Varicocele 7-n Hernia ... •'•'l™>r. feet ".'..'...'"' [fi'i Impaired constitution and debility %o J)eiect<= ot upper extremities ' 5.,-i Tubercle of hlng *.V Respiratory diseases ... .'.'. ..' i'mq I.Mgestivo diseases ; -j.}| Rheumatism, sciatica. lumbago fi«o T"nder chest measurement ". ... <;l7 Under height ;j]g insufficient weicht ;-ji) Syphilis and other venereal d:s'"••■|Coi - HO Al.-ol.nlic n^ . -ver heielii rj Defective, intelligence. 405