Mrs. Alice W. Solenberger found that two-thirds of her 1,000 cases were either physically or mentally defective. Of these, 627 men and boys were suffering from a total of 722 physical and mental deficiencies.[41] Condition Instances Insanity 52 Feeble-mindedness 19 Epilepsy 18 Paralysis 40 Other nervous disorders 21 Tuberculosis 93 Rheumatism 37 Venereal diseases 21 Other infectious diseases 15 Heart disease 14 Disorders of organs other than heart 19 Crippled, maimed, or deformed; from birth or accident 168 Rupture 11 Cancer 6 Blind, including partly blind 43 Deaf, including partly deaf 14 Defective health through use of drugs and drink 16 Defective health from lack of nourishment and other causes 24 Convalescent 33 Aged 35 All other diseases and defects 7 Doubtful 16 --- Total instances 722 Total number of different men in defective health or condition 627 She tells us that of the 222 more or less permanently handicapped, 106 men had been entirely self-supporting before their injuries while 127 were entirely dependent after injury. A careful study of 100 homeless men made in the Municipal Lodging House of New York City by F. C. Laubach showed the following defects:[42] Tubercular 7 Venereal 26 Bronchial 4 Feeble 14 Senile 16 Deformed 4 Maimed 14 Malnutrition 13 Poor sight 9 Poor hearing 1 Impediment of speech 2 Physically sound 28