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Grade III- Those who present such marked physical disabilities 
      or evidence of past disease that they are not fit for the amount 
      of exertion required for Grade II.
 
      
 
 
Grade IV - Those who suffer from progressive organic disease 
      or are for other reasons permanently incapable of the kind or 
      degree of exertion required for Grade III. These men are unfit 
      for any form of service.
 
      
 
 
After examination men are posted to the Services as required. 
      The figures given below do not therefore relate to a particular 
      Service, but to the Services as a whole.
 
      
 
 
Grade Number of men examined Percentage of
 
      during the period Total Examined
 
      8.6.39 to 27.9.41.
 
      I 1,876,905 65.8
 
      II (a) (Vision) 117,126 4.1
 
      II (a) (Feet) 85,276 3.0
 
      II 225,488 7.9
 
      Total of II (a) & II 427,890 15.0
 
      Total of I & II 2,304,795 80.8
 
      III 271,417 9.5
 
      IV 276,960 9.7
 
      GRAND TOTAL 2,853,180
 
      Notes
 
      
 
 
(1) Apart from men who have been medically examined, 25,039 
      men liable for Service who are obviously crippled or have lost 
      limbs have not been medically examined or called up.
 
      
 
 
(2) No figures are available to show the particular disabilities 
      on account of which men have been placed in Grades III and IV.
 
      
 
 
(3) Men placed in Grade III, although liable for Service, 
      have not in general yet been called up.