Medical examination before entry into the forces is the responsibility 
      of the Ministry of Labour.
 
      
 
 
The Ministry has furnished a statement of which a copy is 
      enclosed. It is impossible to give separate figures for the army, 
      which is presumably what the President wished to have, as the 
      statistics record all men examined before entry into any of the 
      Services, there being no means of distinguishing those who subsequently 
      pass into a particular service.
 
      
 
 
It is not possible, either, to indicate the various disabilities 
      on account of which men are placed in grades 3 or 4, which under 
      present practice are not called up for service.
 
      
 
 
The information contained in the enclosed statement, with 
      the exception of the definition of the four grades, is of the 
      most secret nature as it reveals the numbers of men who have 
      been examined. Some particulars of the percentages of men found 
      to be fit have passed into the press, but of course no information 
      as to actual numbers has been published.