recruits 21 years of age examined during 1903-07. The principal 

 causes of rejection during the same period were as follows: Diseases 

 of organs of circulation, including the heart, 4.37 per cent. ; diseases 

 of bones and extremities, 3.43 per cent. ; deafness and diseases of the 

 ears, 1.58 per cent; tuberculosis, 1.57 per cent.; general debility, 1.5 per 

 cent.; diseases of the eye, 1.36 per cent.; diseases of the mind, 1.07 

 per cent., and deficiency in stature, 0.53 per cent. For all causes the 

 rate was 18.58 per cent., limited, as previously stated, to those 21 years 

 of age only. For those examined at older ages the rejection rate for all 

 causes was 26.12 per cent., and for diseases of the heart and circulatory 

 organs, 5.65 per cent., and for tuberculosis, 2.86 per cent. The large 

 group of rejections on account of diseases of the circulatory organs 

 apparently includes varicose veins, etc. 



RECRUITING STATISTICS OF BELGIUM 

 For Belgium the available recruiting statistics are for the period 

 1901-09. The general rejection rate having varied between a maximum 

 of 34.27 per cent, at the beginning of the period to 19.26 per cent, 

 during 1907, when, however, radically different methods of examina- 

 tion appear to have* been employed. The rate increased to 29.34 per 

 cent, in 1908, and declined to 25.63 per cent, in 1909. The rejection 

 rate was highest in the District of Brabant, or 40.7 per cent., during the 

 period 1902-06, and lowest in the District of Luxemburg, or 18.3 per 

 cent., the average for all districts for the period having been 31.7 

 per cent. 



The principal cause of rejection in Belgium during 1902-06 was 

 general debility, accounting for 7.97 per cent. Diseases or defects of 

 the extremities caused 5.0 per cent.; deficiency in stature, 2.27 per 

 cent. ; varicose veins, etc., 1.85 per cent. ; hernia, 1.63 per cent. ; flatfoot, 

 0.27 per cent.; tuberculosis of lungs, 0.15 per cent., and goitre, 0.13 per 

 cent. Wide variations in causes of rejection were reported for the differ- 

 ent provinces. For illustration, physical debility accounted for a rejection 

 of 12.6 per cent, of those examined in the District of Brabant, but for 

 only 1.97 per cent, in the District of Luxemburg. Rejections on 

 account of diseases of the heart and circulatory organs accounted for 

 1.77 per cent, in the District of Hennegau, but for only 0.1 per cent, 

 in the District of Luxemburg. Goitre accounted for a maximum rate 

 of 0.53 per cent, in the District of Liege, but for only 0.009 per cent, 

 in the District of West Flanders. Rejections on account of deficiency 

 in stature varied from an average of 2.27 per cent, for the entire 

 kingdom, a maximum of 2.64 per cent, for the Province of Liege and 

 a minimum of 1.33 per cent, for the Province of Limburg. 



RECRUITING STATISTICS OF HOLLAND 

 For Holland the available recruiting statistics are only for the period 

 1903-07. The average rejection rate was 19.8 per cent, of the ex- 



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