. The American journal of tropical medicine. Unfortunately the army records did not permit theallocation of these men to the states of their birth, residence, orenhstment in most of the cases. This was feasible, however,in the case of 126,140 men. Infection in this group will now beexamined. (See tabulations on pages 391-392.) In order that the contrast between the different areas of theUnited States may be set forth in their relations, we havegrouped the statistics under four heads: states in the hookwormarea (16 and District of Columbia); the 10 states of northeasternUnited States; the 13 st
. The American journal of tropical medicine. Unfortunately the army records did not permit theallocation of these men to the states of their birth, residence, orenhstment in most of the cases. This was feasible, however,in the case of 126,140 men. Infection in this group will now beexamined. (See tabulations on pages 391-392.) In order that the contrast between the different areas of theUnited States may be set forth in their relations, we havegrouped the statistics under four heads: states in the hookwormarea (16 and District of Columbia); the 10 states of northeasternUnited States; the 13 states of northern Mississippi Valley, ormiddle west; and 10 of the Pacific slope, including Alaska. HOOKWORM .VfECTION IN ARMY RECRUITS 391 STATE OF BIKTH PERCENTPOSITIVE NUMBERPOSITIVE NUMBER MENEXAMINED Hookworm infection i\states in the hookworm area Alabama Arkansas District of Columbia. Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana , Maryland Mississippi Missouri North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia 2,223 12,292 121 3,778 3,872 2,301 7,348 584 8,684 2,326 12,558 8,686 8,135 9,722 29,837 969 972 114,408 Hookworm infection in the middle west—Mississippi Valley Illinois 0 17 10 2 3 7513045120 1,153 Indiana 582 Iowa 418 Kansas 354 Michigan 665 Minnesota 325 Montana 81 Nebraska 345 North Dakota 82 Ohio 1,277 South Dakota 63 Wisconsin 278 Wyoming 41 Total 96 5,664 392 CHAELES STATE OF BIRTH
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