cy | ee BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT TevePHone: (516) 345-3577 October 13, Mr. — ot — | ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES. INC... UPTON. LiL. N.Y. 11973 1972 Brian Farley Staff Member Special Joint Committee Concerning Rongelap and Utirik Atolls oF — Congress of Micronesia Saipan, Mariana Islands 96950 Dear Mr. Farley: considered preliminary in nature. a? Thank you for your letter of October 4, 1972. You requested a rough summary of the survey. The following summary must be The medical records and equip- ment have not yet arrived from the islands. I understand that the mo quarantine due to the influenza epidemic held up the Militobi departure for Kwajalein, where our material was to be airshipped from. Group Rongelap Utirik Majuro Rongelap exposed Children of exposed Utirik Rongelap unexposed 23 16 6 46 2 9 14 30 8 Total 49 48 67 Children of unexposed 4 - 6 In addition, a 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. At 232 rar ray é roy 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: mt BNL AUL