INFLUENCE OP PHILIPPINE CLIMATE ON WHITE MEN. 



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PAET VI. CHARACTER, COURT-MARTIAL RECORDS AND SICK RATES EOK 

 ALCOHOLISM AND VENEREAL DISEASE IN THE 1910-GROUP. 



'Woodniffi(3) quotes some figures in support of a theory that the irrita- 

 tion produced by an excessive amount of sunlight may effect the conduct 

 unfavorably and increase the prevalence of crime. If such is the case 

 it is conceivable that misdemeanors would be more frequent among 

 blonds than among brunettes in the Tropics. With a view to inves- 

 tigating this point the following tables have been compiled for the 

 1910-Group. The first shows the number of trials by courts-martial, 

 the fines and days of confinement resulting therefrom, the military 

 character given the men by the company commanders, and any changes 

 of character occurring while in the Philippines. The other gives the 

 degree of alcoholic consumption and the days on sick report from al- 

 coholism and venereal diseases. 



Table XXVI. — Comparative character and comparative averages of court-martial 

 trials, confinement and fines for 345 blonds and 3Jf3 brunettes, 1910-Ch'oup. 



Type. 



Military character. 



Change of character. 



Disciplinary 

 measures. 



Ex- 

 cel- 

 lent. 



Very 

 good. 



Good. Fair. 



Bad. 



No 

 state- 

 ment. 



Bet- 

 ter. 



Worse. 



No 

 change. 



Trials 

 num- 

 ber. 



Con- 

 fine- 

 ment, 

 days. 



Fines, 

 dollars. 



Blond 



Brunette 



207 

 202 



72 

 73 



29 

 26 



9 

 8 



1 

 



27 

 34 



4 



7 



12 

 8 



329 

 328 



0.4 

 0.4 



3.9 

 3.6 



3.49 

 3.97 



Table XXVII. — Comparative consinnption of alcohol and comparative numbers 

 of days lost from alcoholism and venereal disease for approximatehj e^ual 

 numbers of blonds and brunettes.'-' 



Type. 



consumption of alcohol. ^ellltllZ- 



None. 



Slight. 



Moder- i Exces- Alcoho- 

 ate. ! sive, lism. 



Venexeal 

 disease. 



Blond .._ ._ 



62 

 61 



110 



82 



138 . 13 62 

 163 9 31 



.5, 327 

 5,297 



Brunette _„ 





» The figures for consumption of alcohol are for 323 blonds and 315 brunettes of the 

 1910-Group. The days lost on sick report from alcoholism and venereal disease are for 

 504 blonds and 500 brunettes, all the men in both the 1909-Group and the 1910-Group. 



In both these tables the numbers of blonds so nearly equal the num- 

 bers of brunettes that the figures have not been reduced to rates per 1,000, 

 since this calculation would not appreciably affect the comparison. As 



