Table 4.

Recruit medical inspection figures for the Army (1875-1877)

Year	Number inspected	Number approved	Total rejected		Rejected due to state of teeth
			Number	%	Number	% of total inspected	% of total rejected
1875	25,878	19,216	6,662	25.74	156	0.60	2.34
1876	41,809	30,390	11,419	27.31	304	0.73	2.66
1877	43,803	30,966	12,837	29.31	391	0.89	3.05
Three-year totals	111,490	80,572	30,918	27.73	851	0.76	2.75