LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

Hon. JOHN L. MCCLELLAN,

U.S. SENATE,

November 9, 1959.

Chairman, Committee on Government Operations,

U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.

MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: For your information, there is submitted a publication entitled "Patterns of Incidence of Certain Diseases Throughout the World-Opportunities for Research Through Epidemiology."

The purpose of this publication is to provide helpful background information to the subcommittee in its international health study. This study was originally authorized under Senate Resolution 347, 85th Congress, as supplemented by Senate Resolution 42, 86th Congress, and Senate Resolution 176, 86th Congress.

The original resolution provided for a complete study

*** of any and all matters pertaining to international health research, rehabilitation and assistance programs *** and *** the coordination of programs

related to international health.

This is the sixth publication in this series. The five previous prints are listed in the page which follows.

Additional publications are in process in our review.

With all good wishes, I am,

Sincerely,

HUBERT H. HUMPHREY,

Chairman, Subcommittee on Reorganization and International

PREVIOUS PUBLICATIONS IN THIS SERIES

Committee Print No. 1 (S. Rept. 160, 86th Cong.) was entitled "International Medical Research A Compilation of Background Materials" (117 pages). It set forth highlights of international research contributions in most of the major fields of disease, in addition to fulfilling other background purposes.

Committee Print No. 2 was entitled "Statutory Authority for Medical and Other Health-Related Research in the U.S. Government The Basis for International Cooperation" (66 pages). It contained the texts of the legal authority for medical research efforts by diverse agencies of the U.S. Government.

Committee Print No. 3 (S. Rept. 161, 86th Cong.) was entitled "The Status of World Health-In Outline Text and Chart" (81 pages.). Within it were presented charts on the incidence of certain major diseases throughout the world.

Committee Print No. 4 was entitled "The United States and the World Health Organization-Teamwork for Mankind's Well-Being" (145 pages). It represented a personal report of the chairman of the subcommittee on the subject of WHO, based upon his conferences with its officials and other authorities in Europe and on subsequent review.

Committee Print No. 5 (S. Rept. 1009, 86th Cong.) was entitled "Cancer-A Worldwide Menace; Some Facts and Figures on Its Incidence in the United States and Abroad" (40 pages). It presented text and charts on the patterns of occurrence of malignant neoplasms in different countries of the world.

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