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urements were determined in children. Compari-
Hv poplasia of the middie phalanx has beenre-
sons have been made-between the numbers exam-
ported as occurring in the normal population in
incidences ranging from 0.3%to 3.2%. The anom-
ined each vear. Excluding those who were shifted
mto the adult study, the total over-all attrition:
alv was found to have considerably greater frequency(25%) in Japanese children.“ The over-all
incidence in the Marshallese children was 0.77%.
Pediatric dispensary work was carried out preceding and following the regular examinations. In
rate between 1938 and 1959 was 10%. Of the 12
children not seen in 1958 but examined in 1959,
14 were babies born in the interval between the
two examinations.
The age distribution of children examined in
1959 was as follows:
Age. vr
4+to9
210
Tora
19
13
34
Table 7
26
9
?
20
82
13
60
Incidence of Chronic Impetigo (Active)
26
6
?
Age, vr
<4
The occurrence of various medical conditions1s
Exposed
summarized in Table 6. There seemed to be no
concentration of clinical abnormalities in the exposed groups. Since the incidence of manyof these
Nonexposed with
exposed parents
Nonexposed, Rongelap
Nonexposed, Majuro
conditions could have been related to the ages of
the children at the time of examination, two of the
most frequent findings, active chronic impetigo
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(Lables 7 and 8). The ages were based on the best
these findings to occur more frequently in the
voungerchildren was noted. The incidences, however, did not appear to berelated to exposure to
radiation.
During the physical examinations, the following
congenital anomalies were recorded:
[185909
Exposed
Nonexposed with
exposed parents
Nonexposed, Rongelap
3/15
10/34
7/26
0/6
5/26
0/9
7/20
«25/82
0,45
4-9
2310
Total
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O/15
3/34
5/26
0/26
2/20
11/82
1/6
1/9
Table 9
| (Subject #2265)
Pediatric Dispensary Visits During 1959 Survey
*
3
4
‘
Presenting complaint
Numberof patients
Cough
Back or limb pain
Skin sores
l
Onitis
Diarrhea
Anorexia
Headache
Worms
Loss of hearing
Laceration
Abdominal pain
Ww on oo
| (Subject 2269)
2/33
O/+
3/53
O/14
5/31
2/20
6/30
Nonexposed, Majuro
I (Subject +896)
Incidence
Exposed, Rongelap
Nonexposed with exposed parents
Nonexposed, Rongelap
Nonexposed, Majuro
Utirtk (low exposure)
<4
1 (Subject $805)
lous Exposure categories was as follows:
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Age, yr
available birth date estimations. A tendency for
In addition, the incidence of congenital hypoplasia of the middle phalanx ofthe fifth finger was
determined from inspection of the roentgenograms
of the left hand. The incidence in relation to var-
Total
Incidence of Palpable Liver (Over 3 cm)
lated separately for several different age groups
Bifid uvula
310
Table 8
and palpable liver over 3 cm in size, were tabu-
Parent ductus arteriosus (repaired)
Deformity of the hip
Pectus excavatum
+-9
DOO Wo
?
oad
ee
20
30
moet
<4
Exposed
Nonexposed with
exposed parents
Nonexposed, Rongelap
Nonexposed, Majuro
Uurik
all, 36 children were treated. The presenting complaints are shown in Table 9.
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