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Lack of vital statistics concerning births, deaths, etc., which
would help in evaluating medical findings.
3.
Related to no. 2 is the unreliability or absence of records of
exact ages of some of the Marshallese.
4.
Unhygienic living conditions also complicated the medical picture
(the presence of parasites,
hygiene).
5.
chronic skin diseases,
and poor oral
Lack of a good comparison, or control group (this was later solved
when a number of Rongelapese and Utirikese who were not exposed
moved back with the exposed people.)
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2.
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The language barrier, although the team was aided by interpreters.
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In the three year report these included:
In all of the subsequent reports, the first three problems are repeatedly
listed as being continuing difficulties.
Of special interest were additional
comments regarding the attitudes and questions of the Rongelapese and Utirikese,
which appeared in the five and six year report (1959 survey) and the seven
year report (1961 survey).
Because these reports are extremely important in
characterizing certain issues connected with the surveys in the past,
they
are reproduced here completely, with no summarizing:
From the 1959 report:
(p.6)
"ATTITUDES OF RONGELAP PEOPLE
"When the team arrived at Rongelap, the magistrate of the village
It was recognized that there was slightly increasing resistance to blood
Also there was some discontent that, because of the
sampling procedures.
high Sr 0 content, they were forbidden to eat coconut crabs, which they
consider a delicacy (Figure 4).
Since the return of the people to
Rongelap, copra production had not increased to the extent that the Trust
Territory officials had hoped.
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Consequently, since copra production is
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to help clarify the situation.
For the past 5 years during which the
annual examinations have been going on there had been no problem in
maintaining excellent rapport with the people, and, indeed, the relations
of the team members with the Rongelapese were always cordial and friendly.
Bvenl
indicated that there was some confusion and uncertainty in the minds
of some of the people as to the necessity and significance of repeated
medical examinations.
He thought it wise to call a meeting of the
village people in the council house so that they could ask questions