25 June 8&8 HIK WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNTS IN UNEXPOSED CONTROL GROUPS a/ Date Group?/ . Cells per mm Neutrophils Lymphocytes 3's4 eats 4800 4100 o's4 Mita’ (82) $200 3700 [4400] [3600} 3'S6 "Rita" (57) (3'S7 "Rongelap" 3 Platelets per mn . 1073 Monocytes 200 x 7 «B10 180 290 150 275 While living on Majuro, before return: (86) 3400 3'S8 "Rongelap" 2900 70 280 After return to Rongelap Island in 1957: (80) 3600 3700 110 320 3'S9 (7S) $200 4100 240 310 3'6] (+72)? 4200 $100 120 300 3'62 ( 70)? 4200 2900 190 350 3'63 ( 70)? 3900 3100 250 310 3'64 ( 70)? 4800 3500 240 370 *B2-'86 ( 70) 4200 2800 330 -- 3900 2800 320 t -'f : 82-'86 "Majuro (62) a/ > ty -- Brookhaven National Laboratory reports: BNL 384 (T-71), 412 (T-80), $01 (T-119), 534 (T-135), 609 (T-179), 727 (T-260), 780 (T-296), 908 (T-371), and the 1982-86 statistics from BNL Medica] Division averaged by Dr. R. Bertell. Service Information Bureau. The reports are available from the Technical The earlier Brookhaven statistics were supplied by Brookhaven National Laboratory. b/ All of these groups were unexposed to the fallout of 1954. The Majuro and Rita groups were living on those islands of Majuro Atoll. The Rongelap group was living on Majuro until 1957 when almost all of its members returned to Rongelap. in parentheses. The number examined per year is given [The statistics are the average of males and fenales.] 92 5000594