468 A HISTORY OF NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



losis, we have a total of 176,091 individuals either already tu- 

 berculous or strongly predisposed to developing or contracting 

 the disease, who were prevented from entering the Army. 



REJECTIONS, SELECTIVE SERVICE MEN, LOCAL AND CAMP 

 EXAMINING BOARDS 



The actual number of selective service men, first and second registration, 

 examined by the local boards was 3,764,101. 



The actual number of selective service men, first and second registration, 

 examined by the camp boards was 2,745,073. 



The statistics for 1,961,692 selective service men as published in "Defects 

 Found in Drafted Men" have been raised proportionately to cover the com- 

 plete number 2,745,073. 



Thus, the dissemination of tuberculous diseases in the army 

 was guarded against by the exclusion of the tuberculous, and the 

 development of the disease was prevented in the strongly pre- 

 disposed. The majority of the latter would probably have fallen 

 victims to tuberculosis as a result of the stress and strain inevit- 

 ably connected .with camp life and warfare. In this way a truly 

 great life-saving work was done by the Surgeon General and his 

 staff, not only during the war by the surgeons in the field, but also 

 at home through the work of the physicians on the draft and camp 

 boards. The National Tuberculosis Association, with the aid 

 of the Surgeon General's records, took it upon itself to trace as 

 many as possible of the cases definitely declared tuberculous, 



