11 rival in Marchit wasgratifying that most of the people had put their moneyinto savings accounts. The Utirik people seemed quite disappointed in not receiving any monetary compensation for their fallout exposure. In a lengthy meeting held with them on arrival of the team, the reason for this the lack of radiation effects - was carefully explained, andit is believed they accepted thesituation in good grace, judging by their cooperation in the examinations and cordiality to the medical team. Findings INTERVAL MEDICAL HISTORY Table 3 shows the populations examined in 1965 and 1966. Table 4 showsthe location of the populations under study, and Table 5 showsthe percent distribution of the Rongelap population by age and sex. llinesses During the past 2 years the Rongelap people have been generally in good health, and their nutritional status appears to have beensatisfactory. An epidemic, believed to have been Asiatic influenza, with acute upperrespiratory manifestations occurred in about half the populationin the spring of 1964. Another influenza-like epidemic of similar proportions occurred in 1965. An outbreak ofdiarrhea, cause unknown, involved a large segmentof the population during January and Feb- - 12 ro ¢ . GF-/O486 oo Figure 5. Rongelap girl with toys following annualparty, 1966. ruary 1965. About 15 cases of chicken pox oc- Table 3 Numbers of People Examined During the 11- and 12-Year Surveys 1965 1966 48 49 23 23 108 - Rongelap and Ailingnae exposed - adults (age > 19) Rongelap and Ailinghae exposed - children (age 11 or 12 to 19) Rongelap unexposed — adults (age > 19) Rongelap unexposed - children (age <19) Children born to exposed parent(s) (age <11) Utirik exposed — adults (age > 19) Utirik exposed - children (age 12 to 19) 83 48 - - - 70 35 9008299 -_— AR ee emgure cit rere | gEa eS arm grea oeree . sy * = 7 oie . . ° = ee este AOE ees ee mee Lt curred in the spring of 1965. On Ebeye Island, where about 100 Rongelap people live, an outbreak of conjunctivitis occurred during the year, but this respondedto topical antibiotic treatment. Four children with varying degrees of paralysis, following a poliomyelitis epedimic in 1963, were treated andfitted with braces at Majuro. Surgery was performed on four cataract cases and onefistula in ano. There were 3 deaths in the exposed group and3 in the unexposed people (see below). The most outstanding finding since the previous report has been the increasing numberofcases of thyroid nodules. By July of 1966, 11 cases had been operated upon, the first 3 in 1964 at the Naval Hospital in Guam. The last 8 cases were brought to the Medica! Research Center at Brookhaven National Laboratory for extensive studies