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Table XXI. — Gomparative numbers of admissions to sick report and days lost 

 from sickness for 504 blonds and 500 brunettes of the 1909-Group and the 

 1910-Group. 



Blonds. 



Brunettes. 



Diagnoses. 



Admis- 

 sions. 



Days 

 sick. 



Admis- 

 sions. 



Days 

 sick. 



Diarrhoea and dysentery 



Dyspepsia, indigestion, and gastritis 



Constipation 



Intestinal parasites '. 



Coryza and bronchitis 



Tonsillitis, pharyngitis, and catarrh 



Malarial and undetermined fevers 



Dengue fever 



Neuralgia, myalgia and herpes zoster 



Rheumatism; articular, acute, and chronic 



Tuberculosis 



Ringworm 



Pemphigus, eczema, dermatitis, and ulcers 



Furunculosis, carbuncle, cellulitis, and abscess 



Lymphadenitis, nonvenereal 



Appendicitis 



Heat exhaustion 



Diseases of eye and ear 



Neurasthenia 



Minor surgical conditions 



Miscellaneous diseases 



Accidental 



Alcoholism and sequelae 



Venereal diseases 



Total . 



74 



34 



18 



16 



25 



18 



95 



50 



9 



5 



5 



18 



25 



.57 



15 



4 



8 



16 



2 



41 



42 



129 



18 



227 



822 



139 



63 



117 



178 



189 



638 



325 



66 



58 



69 



178 



174 



480 



271 



83 I 



43 I 



368 I 



52 ' 



616 



459 



1,375 



62 



5,327 



27 

 28 

 10 

 12 

 12 

 93 

 45 

 12 

 11 



3 

 17 

 13 

 54 

 12 



4 



4 

 14 



1 



41 



27 



121 



6 

 214 



569 

 119 



82 

 127 



56 

 186 

 586 

 320 

 150 

 291 



75 

 136 

 102 

 353 

 249 



54 



15 

 276 



19 



519 



342 



1,202 



31 

 5,297 



951 



12, 152 



849 



11,156 



Since the total numbers of men in each of the two complexion types 

 are so nearly equal (504 and 500 respectively), we have not reduced the 

 actual admissions and the actual days on sick report for each type to rates 

 per 1,000, because such a reduction would not appreciably effect the com- 

 parison. It will be observed that the total number of admissions is 102 

 and the total number of days lost from sickness 996 greater for the blonds 

 than for the brunettes. This means about 10 per cent more illness for 

 the blond group. An advantage in favor of the brunettes is manifest 

 for all of the more important causes of admission. While it must be 

 admitted that there was considerably more sickness among the blonds 

 under observation than among the brunettes, yet when it comes to a 

 question of the occurrence throughout the whole Archipelago of the 

 serious diseases which lead to invaliding home it will be seen that the 

 brunettes were at a disadvantage as is to be shown further on in Table 

 XXV. 



The Scout-Constabulary-PoUce-Group. — For the sake of brevity this 

 group will hereafter be referred to as the S-C-P-Group. It consisted of 

 568 men, of whom 186 were blonds, 147 brunettes, and 235 mixed types. 



