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Public health workers checking Immigrants arriving to the US

Public health workers checking Immigrants arriving to the US

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Public health workers 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. Credit: NIH

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1914
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Ellis Island, New Jersey, United States40.69947, -74.03956
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