Public Health Service officers examining immigrants arriving to Ellis Island
Summary
Public Health Service physicians checking immigrants arriving to the United States for signs of illness. The immigration law of 1891 made it mandatory that all immigrants coming into the United States undergo health inspection by Public Health Service physicians. The largest inspection center was on Ellis Island in New York Harbor. In this 1910 photo, physicians are looking at the eyes for signs of trachoma.
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Date
1891
Location
Ellis Island, New Jersey, United States, 40.69947, -74.03956
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Wikimedia Commons
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