records and keeps statistics has the primary function of identifying or diagnosing cases from examinations. If it is decided that a person requires a specific treatment (other than prescribed medic ines which can be gotten from the center) he is sent to the Red Cross A-bomb Hospital where he can be "treated" (ie: surgery, x-ray therapy, administration of drugs, etc), or placed on an outpatient care basis. Each of the two classes of survivors hold books, color-coded for their class and while the annual examination is sufficient, should one of these people become sick, he can go to the center to be examined. If he is in the second group and his illness is found to be related to radiation, then his costs are paid for by the government and he receives a new book, placing him in the first class. If his illness is not related, then either his own national health insurance or that of his company pays for the examination and treatment. A third area related to treatment is the care provided for elderly survivors of the A-bomb. people. In both cities there are homes for such To qualify, it must be shown that they or their families cannot support them, or that such support is a hardship, or that the bomb killed all members of their family. As to financing of such facilities as A-bomb Hospitals and Old Age Survivors’ Homes, this has been done mostly by public donation (similar to fund drives by the Red Cross or Community Chest in the United States) but their operations are lOl4bSS - 49