MEDICAL WELFARE CENTER The Committee was told that of those who take the annual general examination about 30 percent need further examination. District (which was the only one to receive fallout) In the Nishiyama some 320 of the 832 survivors there are recognized by the govzrnment as having been affected. The kinds of illnesses found include leukemia and tiuyroid cuncer. The Committee was told that, in general, the examinations did not bother the people, except perhaps for the younger generation. ATOMIC BOMB CASUALTY COMMISSION The Committee met Dr. Sadihisa Kawamoto of the Department of Medicine, in place of the Director, Dr. Ngai, who was ill. He said that their exami- nation group is about 6,000 (of the 20,000 total) and that they examine about 4,000 people per year. All 200 of their employees are Japanese. He talked briefly about findings in the Nishiyama area and said that about 80 persons have been estimated to have received 30 rads during their life-span and that these are in the highest exposure group. Dr. Kawamoto said he felt it very important to continue pediatric studies, since it is hard to tell whether leukemia is induced by radiation or not. He said that the leukemia rate in Nagasaki was much higher for exposed persons. He said that he thought a once~a-year examination was sufficient in screening cases for leukemia and thyroid cancer. He also stressed that the ABCC takes great pains to note the X-ray history of persons examined, since that might be a factor in the occurrence of disease later, 1O14bb5 59