Abstract
1. 1. A report of the activity of the Allergy Section and Clinic, AAF Regional Hospital, San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center, San Antonio, Texas, from Aug. 1, 1942, to Aug. 1, 1943, has been presented. 2. 2. Eight thousand four hundred nine clinic visits were made by Air Forces personnel to the Allergy Clinic of this Hospital. 3. 3. One thousand five hundred forty-one new patients were examined by the Allergy Section of this hospital. 4. 4. Nine hundred twenty-one of the 1,238 cases of allergic diseases were respiratory allergy (hay fever, vasomotor rhinitis, and bronchial asthma). 5. 5. One hundred six or 8.9 per cent of the 1,191 men receiving the Certificate of Disability for Discharge under Section 2, AR 615-360 (Nov. 26, 1942), had allergic diseases. Eighty-six or 7.48 per cent had bronchial asthma. 6. 6. Three and seven-tenths per cent of candidates for aviation training who were disqualified because of failure to meet the physical requirements (AR 40-110, Dec. 3, 1942) had allergic disorders. 7. 7. The factors used in determination of fitness for aviation training of individuals with or suspected of having respiratory allergic disease are discussed. 8. 8. The greatest problem of allergy has been intrinsic bronchial asthma associated with chronic respiratory infection. The high incidence of this syndrome in the young Air Forces age group is discussed.
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