90 



THK CHARTS — LOCALITY. 



The remarkable similarity of the results in France and the United States among 

 conscripts, (drafted men,) and the no less singular dissimilarity as regards volunteers, 

 are the salient features of the table ; and they are explicable only by the similarity 

 and dissimilarity of the circumstances attending the conscription on the one hand and 

 the recruitment by voluntary enlistments on the other. 



Charts XLII and XLIII, on diseases of the eye and the ear, respectivelj^, though 

 they require no special explanation, will be found interesting. 



Diseases of the respiratory system, as shown by Chart XLIV, were found most in 

 States bordering extensi-v^ely uj^on the ocean or the great lakes, except, as regards New 

 Jersey and possibly Minnesota. This, however, may be merely coincident and not 

 prove a correlation; but it is nevertheless suggestive. 



The most prolific cause of rejection — " Diseases of the digestive system" — is 

 treated of in Chart XLV. It must, however, be remembered that in this class are 

 included other than those diseases commonly so called, namely, diseases and injuries 

 of the jaw, loss of teeth, loss of tongue, cleft palate, salivary fistula, hernia, and 

 diseases of the rectum and anus. Exclusive of these, and solely on account of acute 

 and chronic diseases of the stomach, the liver, and the spleen, the ratios rejected in the 

 several States were as follows : 



Ratio of r^ection on account of diseases of the stomach, the liver, and the spleen. 



States. 



Maine 



Massachusetts .. 



Michigan 



New Hampshire 



New York 



RUortc Island . . 



Connecticut 



Pennsylvania - . 



Vermont 



Wisconsin 



Delaware 



I" 



6.982 

 4.041 

 4.023 

 3.196 

 2. 772 

 L964 

 1.724 

 1.464 

 1.384 

 1.3G7 

 .943 



States. 



Maryland 



District of Columbia 



New Jersey 



West Virginia 



Kentucky 



Missouri 



Ohio 



Indiana 



Illinois 



Iowa 



Minnesota 



C3 . 



.354 

 .144 



.000 

 .000 



.oco 



.000 

 .000 

 .000 

 .000 

 .000 

 .000 



Chart XLVI treats of the diseases of the circuhitoiy system. This class of diseases, 

 unlike the preceding one, is made up solely of tliosc which are indicated by tlie 

 designation, namely, acute disease of the heart, chronic disease of the heart, aneurism, 

 and 'varicose veins. The proportion of each varies in the different States:', as will be 

 seen by reference to Table 22. The ratio of rejections for all the States is made up as 

 follows : 



Acute disease of heart .597 



Chronic disease of heart 8 .627 



Aneurism .190 



Varicose veins 8 .273 



Total. 17-r;87 



