ew me es 18 over a 6-ycar period in the exposed population represent 48 per 1000, and the 20 births overa 4-year period for the unexposed population repre‘sent a rate of 62 per 1000. The four in utero irradiated children did not show any abnormalities nor have they shown any impairmentof growth and been observed in 1957 in the children, when about 10 had night blindness associated with vitamin A dcficiency.* The improvement maybe duc in part to the argicultural program ontheisland resulting in the availability of papaya and squash. The usual numberofskin infections and fungus diseases was noted, as was the usual incidence of impetigo in the children. development. PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS PEDIATRIC EXAMINATIONS At the times of the 1959 and 1960 surveys of the Marshallese, the people appeared to be generally The numbers of children seen during the 1958, 1959, and 1960 surveys are summarized in Table 5. In the limited 1960 survey, only the body meas- in a state of good health and nutrition. There was no indication of vitamin deficiencies such as had Table 5 Numbers of Children Examined in 1958, 1959, and 1960 Exposed Nonexposed with exposed parents Nonexposed, Rongelap Nonexposed, Majuro . Uurik DOE ARCHIVES In 1958 but In 1959 but In 1959 but In 1960 In 1959 In 1958 notin 1959 not in 1958 not in 1960 35 34 0 0 15 60 39 13 8B 20 0 5 (5)* 0 16 (3) 6 (2) 0 10 51 20 82 0 7 10 1 60 0 10 34 (2) 15 60 *Numbers in parentheses are numbers of children not examined who had become adults or near-adults since the preceding survey. Table 6 Summaryof Physical Findings on Children, 1959 Exposed Chronic impetigo (active) Moluscum contagiosum Tinea versicolor Chronic otitis media Palpable liver Under 3 cm Over 3 cm Cervical nodes Axillary nodes Rheumatic heart disease, inactive Vitihgo Rongelap (34)* exposed parents (20) Rongelap (82) Nonexposed Nonexposed 10 0 7 1 25 6 0 0 0 4 0 I 5 2 0 4 5 14 Nonexposed with 0 2 6 11 36 0 0 8 1 1 2 0 0 Asthma Loss of hearing, unilateral 0 0 0 0 Elevated blood pressure** | 0/20 Cheilosis Obesityin girls >> 10 years of age** 0 1/4 0 13 0 0 J 1 0/36 0/7 Majuro (15) 2 2 2 8 3 0 I 1 0 0 0/8 *Number examined. he ee **Utink group showed no elevated blood pressure in 58 children examined, and an incidenceofobesityin girls >10 years of age of 7/16. rene