THE IMMIGRATION PROBLEM 
49 C 
REPORT OF PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS ON DRAFTED MEN IN 
LOCAL BOARD 129. NEW YORK CITY. 1919 
Class A 
Class B 
Class C 
Class D 
Totals 
Physically 
Fit 
Remedial 
Defects 
Limited 
Service 
Rejected 
Num 
ber 
Per 
Cent 
Num 
ber 
Per 
Cent 
Num 
ber 
Per 
Cent 
Num 
ber 
Per 
Cent 
Num 
ber 
Foreign born 
American born: 
34 
37.0 
4 
4.3 
35 
38.0 
19 
20.7 
92 
Foreign parents 
42 
46.1 
3 
3.3 
25 
27.5 
21 
23.0 
91 
Mixed parents 
43 
64.2 
2 
3 0 
16 
23.9 
6 
9 n 
67 
American parents... . 
92 
62.6 
4 
2.7 
20 
13.6 
31 
21.1 
147 
Total series 
211 
53.1 
13 
3.3 
96 
24.2 
77 
19.4 
397 
“In Class A, which included all men who are physically 
fit, we find a greatly increasing percentage of men falling 
in this class as we pass from foreign born, and American 
born of foreign parents, to American born of mixed and 
native parents. These two latter groups are well above the 
average for the total series, while the two former are 
considerably below this average. 
“Class B is of little significance since it included only 
those with minor defects. 
“Class C included all men with a defect serious enough to 
be an impediment in general military work, but not neces 
sarily in some special vocation. Here the percentage de 
creased from the foreign born to the American born of 
American parentage. 
“In Class D, which included all men with some defect 
serious enough to incapacitate them for all military service, 
and probably also most civilian vocations, we find small 
differences, yet these differences favor the Americans of 
mixed or American parentage.” 
These facts indicate the need of further study rela 
tive to the effect of immigration upon national physi 
cal fitness. 
MORBIDITY OF SPECIAL RACES 
In Mr. Davis’ discussion of the morbidity of spe 
cial races he uses original figures from the Henry 
Street Settlement, covering 17,380 cases largely among