Education for the disabled in war and industry : Army hospital schools : a demonstration for the education of disabled in industry . t; machinists, 58 per cent; miners, 55 per cent; stu-dents, 51 per cent; office clerks, 46 per cent; laborers, 44 per cent;factory helpers, 43 per cent; auto drivers, 42 per cent. The mostpopular new vocations were auto repair men, 72; farmers, 35;electricians, 35; office clerks, 30; salesmen, 15. A survey of 860 men in the tuberculosis hospital at Denver,Colorado, showed that 230, or per cent, were farmers; 172desired to continue farming, and 48 desired to
Education for the disabled in war and industry : Army hospital schools : a demonstration for the education of disabled in industry . t; machinists, 58 per cent; miners, 55 per cent; stu-dents, 51 per cent; office clerks, 46 per cent; laborers, 44 per cent;factory helpers, 43 per cent; auto drivers, 42 per cent. The mostpopular new vocations were auto repair men, 72; farmers, 35;electricians, 35; office clerks, 30; salesmen, 15. A survey of 860 men in the tuberculosis hospital at Denver,Colorado, showed that 230, or per cent, were farmers; 172desired to continue farming, and 48 desired to enter it for thefirst time. There were 56 machinists, 44 of whom desired toremain and 12 new ones desired to enter; 34, or 3 per cent, were Factors of the Problem 9 auto mechanics, 10 of whom desired to continue, and 24 new mendesired to enter. Vocations which lost heavily in the menschoices were those of factory hands, clerks, laborers, miners,tailors, blacksmiths, and printers. In all, 58 vocations werereported in the survey. The numbers in many of the vocationswere too small to be reliable for any generalizations. It is ap-. AgricultureCamp Grant, IllinoisBecoming convinced of the value and simplicity of scientific milk testing parent, however, that the tendency was toward vocations whichpromised to be more healthful for tuberculous patients. The survey of the men at Fort Sheridan showed representativesof 83 vocations, with agriculturists, automobile drivers and re-pair men, carpenters, electricians, firemen, laborers, machinists,coal miners, clerks, printers, salesmen, and students being thelargest groups. An essential factor in planning work for the men was thelength of hospital time available. Thousands of men were re- io Education for the Disabled in War and Industry turned to this country as hospital patients who were so nearlyrecovered that all that remained for hospital authorities on thisside was to give them final physical examinations and dischargethem. It was of l
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