SYPHILIS AMONG MEN OF DRAFT AGE IN THE UNITED STATES

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Abstract
For years those struggling with the syphilis problem in the United States have been fighting an unknown antagonist. What is the problem? Where is it? Lack of satisfactory answers to these questions has handicapped every effort at syphilis control. The objective of this study is to discover, for the purpose of applying the machinery of control more efficiently, what and where the syphilis problem is. SOURCE AND NATURE OF MATERIAL The data used were taken from the reports of clinical examinations and blood tests given to 2,093,138 selectees and volunteers through Aug. 31, 1941. The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 requires a routine serologic blood test for syphilis as a part of the general examination of every draftee and volunteer. The results of these tests were recorded in quadruplicate on standard report forms, together with a statement by the examining physician as to the presence of primary

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