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Physical Fitness
The military employed modern punch-card technology, first used by the government for the 1890 census, to tabulate and analyze data on the physical characteristics and medical "defects" found in the military-age population. The results suggested that one-fourth to one-third of the American male population was physically or mentally unfit for military service. The military analyzed health by race, ethnicity, region, and occupational group. |