5 Zz frais ag? JI} BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES. INC. UPTON, Lil. N.Y, 11973 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT TELEPHONE: (516) 345- 3577 October 13, 1972 Mr. Brian Farley Staff Member Special Joint Committee Concerning Rongelap and Utirik Atolls Congress of Micronesia Saipan, Mariana Islands 96950 - Dear Mr. Farley: Thank you for your letter of October 4, 1972. You requested a rough summary of the survey. The following summary must be considered preliminary in nature. The medical records and equipment have not yet arrived from the islands. [I understand that the quarantine due to the influenza epidemic held up the Militobi departure for Kwajalein, where our material was to be airshipped from. You will remember that in the March survey we were able to complete the examinations on the Rongelap and Utirik people at Ebeye. Therefore, the following examinations were performed at Rongelap, Utirik and Majuro atolls: Group Rongelap Children Utirik Rongelap Children Rongelap exposed of exposed unexposed of unexposed Total In addition, a Utirik Ma }uro 23 16 6 4 46 2 - 9 14 30 8 6 49 48 67 large number of other people were examined and treated for routine ailments during sick call each morning at Rongelap and Utirik. At Rongelap an epidemic of severe gastrointestinal infection, frequently complicated by upper respiratory infection and, in some cases, by pneumonitis, were treated. At least a dozen children were involved. A total of some 40-50 people were treated at sick call at Rongelap. At Utirik also a large number of children (26 in one morning) and some 20-30 adults were treated for various ailments. MM Soioso2 At