Hi, While I do not know much (anything) about this, I was talking to a lady the other day whose son had scarlet fever as a toddler, and it severly affected his hearing and therefore his early schooling and he required several operations to improve the problem. The boy is now about 15 or so. Maybe their hearing wasn't up to standard? Sue in Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "~~Sherry Gregg~~" <greenacres@wispertel.net> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 4:44 AM Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] Medical Question > Ian - I do not know why, but I can confirm that my own father had > scarlet fever and was exempt from military service for that reason. > > Sherry > > > > IanGDurham@aol.com wrote: > >>Hello List, >> >>Would having had Scarlet Fever in childhood have been a reason for someone >>to have been exempted from military service ? >> >>Thanks in advance, Ian >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >