Table 8 Mhvsical Fincisiugs® in Rongelap and Cririk Aduts, 1970-1074 Rongelap unesposed Romuclap exposed (68 exsiined) Na, & Nu % No. % z 24 1 0.7 - 0 Atterion leronis (rnihl) 7 to? ! i) 4 68 u We - 0 Atteriom tcronis (aod -sew.} Asthina Atrial Bbriliation Bradscardia Carthac enhergenwot Cervical croanian Cyvstourethresectucele Defanens Danphyscnia Epilepay Heruta Viv pertension Leprony, arrested Nivriiie Obesity (tro) Osteoaetbiitis Pelvic tatlimiinaters: cline Prostata hyped trephiy Rheusnatic hess tlisease Rhetinaatoial acthirits Speriatane ke Se plulis (2) (arrestedh ‘Vurnor, benign (except thy rout; “Vusttaor, talaga Nariel 3 2 1 2 ‘b tt ! - - 44 | U7 - te? 0 15 24 44 1o2 i 2 2 4 5 ul 1.3 bi 0 ‘7 JT 29 0 3 - 22 U i 0.7 - - 0 uv I & 2 1 1 3 a wt 29 hg 2 to i) ti z “a 1 7 4 A t | | J ’ l - Ly Ww. 44 a aa 1.3 L.5 ba 24 ay 1.3 oO - 0 14.8 #4 7 “7 0.7 Ld ta 2 3 U7 3 M4 t ~ 1 t - 1 5 - u a 12 1 ! 1 2 2 4 a 1 ” - 0 5.4 1.7 0.8 0 0.8 24H u 0.8 0 Li? 145 0 0 12.0 0.8 0 U iy 0.8 0 0 os u 0 . an kb ghey ‘ 4 ale! atteMthRaa Rial hts "Findings on ophihalinolagy and dishes are repurted separaicly. — patos Tho tht Mdshatint at, il Tn in oan Utirik exposed (117 examined) Acne Aueniia “wo emiee =e (155 examined) a Ree NE . Fi ee ee eT eA Venere rasc appears to be on the increase. Dentabes. shas been a notable tinding during physical cxaminations ofthe Marshallese; iis at- AEpba Samples ae. dren and adults taken il, One of the adults died andiwool th children hadsevere residual paresis. §teas the victiins of this disaster. Roogelap Atoll was stiicken in January/February of 165 with 23 chil- fe pepper Mier pr Oh wo et Reet a ann A me it rieo iy a 2 eer eeme en, . tributed & poor oral hygiene, inadequate dental care, and possibly nutritional deficiency. Some of the younger gencration are nowshe wing the benefits of improved dental care. Dentists have partcipated in several surveys, and their general conclusion is that poor oral hygiene is showing its usual results: a high carics rate in teen-age children, severe periodontallesions in adults (heavycalculus, loss of alveolar bonc), and edentulous mouths in the aving. No significant difference between exposed and unexposed Marshallese has been secn except for a slightly greater incidence and severityof periodontal disease in the exposed group. [tis not known whether this finding is related to radiation CX PusUre, Fish poisoning is common i the Marshall Islands. Symptoms are usually minor but occasionally severe or even fatal. Laflamimation of mu. With the growing dependence on imported foods and on money as the medium of exchange, cases of malnutrition are encountered. Night Ilindness duc to vitamin A deficiency has been observed onseveral occasions, mainly in children, ‘The most wrious epidemic during the 20 years covered by this report was the poliounyclitis epidemic in £963, The “polio ward" at the Armer Ishoda Memorial Hospital in Majuro Qehich now operates as a physical rehabilitation center and orthopedic surgical ward) was created to care for aETh SeOP ene + WINE fe? 15