Health defect

[Janet Waterhouse]

information is from a medical examination of a prospective soldier who was 18 years old at the time of this examination in May 1917.

At a later examination after entry "Became non-effective by" it clearly says:

Death - caused by Brain Tumour.
29 September 1917

Does this help?

Janet

[shanghaipanda]

I would agree with systolic bruits at apex.  Basically a sound like a murmur in the heart.

[Wiggy]

I suspect the brain tumour is something totally unrelated. 

Doesn't seem to have been a well boy.

Wiggy

[CarolA3]

Don't know if this makes sense or not, but what about 'systolic bruit at apex'?l

It would possibly indicate a heart defect.

Wiggy

P.s.  It does say 'or previous disease' in the typed bit doesn't it!

I had one of these 'murmur' thingies apparently, but it had gone by age 11 when I had a medical for high school.  Maybe his had gone too, but he mentioned it as a 'previous disease'?

The other option, 'congenital peculiarities', suggests permanent conditions I would have thought

Carol

[Janet Waterhouse]

Thank you to all who replied.

I'll go with the majority view:

"systolic bruits at apex"  - heart murmurs.

Janet