IV. AMERICAN TROOPS SERVING IN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, HAWAII, PANAMA, MEXICO, CHINA, AND ON TRANSPORTS. 1. ADMISSIONS. Due to the relatively small number of enlisted men of American troops serving in these countries during the year 1917 and the absence of any point of special interest, these countries have been grouped here for the purpose of discussion. The chief statistics for them, however, are to be found in tables on pages 508-559. The admission rate for all enlisted men serving in these various countries for the year 1917 was 969.28, as compared with the corresponding rate of 637.87 in 1916 and as compared with the corresponding rate for the United States of 886.81 per 1,000. The admission rate was consequently considerably higher than the corresponding rate for 1916, and higher than the rate for the United States. Table No. 63 shows a comparison of rates for the principal diseases for these countries as compared with the United States and Europe. Table No. 80 shows the diseases causing the highest admission rate arranged in the order of their percentage. Gonorrhea here heads the list with 8.78 per cent. 2. DEATHS. The death rate for American troops serving in these countries was 3.85 for 1917 as compared with 2.30 per 1,000 for 1916. Table No. 81 shows diseases causing the highest death rates. arranged in the order of their percentage. Lobar pneumonia and tuberculosis heads the list with 17.93 and 11.03 per cent, respectively. Table No. 65 shows a comparison of the principal diseases causing deaths for the troops serving in the United States, Europe, etc. 3. DISCHARGES. The discharge rate for diseases for American troops serving in these countries in 1917 was 14.78 as compared with 14.02 in 1916 and as compared with 28.43 for 1917 in the United States. Table No. 64 shows a comparison for the causes of discharge of these countries as compared with the United States, Europe, etc. Here, as elsewhere, tuberculosis caused the greatest number, the ratio per 1,000 being 2.71. Table No. 82 shows diseases causing the greatest number of discharges arranged in the order of their percentage. Tuberculosis and pes planus head the list with 20.64 and 9.07 per cent, respectively. 4. NONEFFECTIVE RATES. The noneffective rate for American troops serving in these countries for 1917 was 31.81 per 1,000 as compared with 20.22 in 1916, and with the corresponding rate for troops serving in the United States for 1917 of 22.21. Table No. 83 shows diseases causing the loss of the greatest amount of time arranged in the order of their percentage. As for admissions, so for time lost, gonorrhea heads the list with 10.33 per cent. HEALTH OF THE ARMY-PORTO RICO AND PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 149 V. NATIVE TROOPS: PORTO RICANS AND PHILIPPINE SCOUTS. No detailed discussion of the native troops for the year 1917 is necessary. There was no epidemic or anything of special interest to discuss. On pages 508-715 can be found the statistics in detail for these troops. The general condition of the health among these troops for the year was satisfactory. 1. PORTO RICANS. For the Porto Rican troops serving in Porto Rico and Panama the admission rate for diseases in 1917 was 946.18 as compared with 954.97 in 1916. The death rate for diseases for these troops in 1917 was 1.04 as compared with 3.14 in 1916. The discharge rate for diseases was 7.31 in 1917 as compared with 11.52 in 1916. The noneffective rate for diseases was 19.83 in 1917 as compared with 22.88 in 1916. The time lost for each soldier by sickness in 1917 was 7.24 as compared with 9.37 in 1916. 2. PHILIPPINE SCOUTS. The admission rate for diseases was 481.76 in 1917 as compared with 407.06 in 1916. The death rate for diseases was 1.27 as compared with 2.33 in 1916. The discharge rate for diseases was 4.72 in 1917 as compared with 6.45 in 1916. The noneffective rate for diseases for 1917 was 14.56 as compared with the corresponding rate of 12.43 in 1916. The available time lost for each soldier was 5.32 in 1917 as compared with 4.55 in 1916. |