one case of cancer had been given a thorough examination including x-rays at Tripler General Hospital last summer and no reoccurance of her disease was found. The possible correlation of the slight growth retardation in some of the exposed children with thyroid malfunction, and the response of this retardation to thyroid treatment, is of considerable importance. These data are now being analyzed and are not yet available. However, in one boy who was quite stunted in growth, it was apparent that there had been a remarkable spurt in his development since he started treatment with the hormone. There were no other noteworthy medical findings and no unusual illnesses or disease were noted that could be related to radiation effects. During the past year there were no serious epidemics or diseases and hospital admissions were about the same as noted in previous years. No miscarriages or still births were reported. Two deaths had occured in older exposed people, one presumably due to cancer. Three older people in the comparison population died during the past year also. The birth rate was about the Same as in the past. All new babies were examined, as well as children of the exposed people and comparison population, and were found generally to be healthy. The continued high birth rate in these small islands is a serious problem. At the end of our examinations a number of routine recommendations for treatment of certain case was given to the Trust Territory practitioners. | O A more detailed report of the findings of this survey will be forthcoming. Robert A. Conard, M.D. Medical Research Center Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, L. I., N. Y. April 20, 1967