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Only aliens of the steerage 

 class are taken to Ellis Island. 

 Aliens in the first and second 

 cabin of arriving vessels are ex- 

 amined on board by medical offi- 

 cers of the Public Health Service 

 who board the vessel as it leaves 

 the Xew York Quarantine at the 

 entrance to the bay. The present 

 force of medical officers at the 

 Ellis Island station is hard pushed 

 to keep abreast of their continu- 

 alty increasing duties and respon- 

 sibilities. No definite standard 

 has yet been found for the mental 

 and physical examination of immi- 

 grants. It is a new and very tech- 

 nical field in public health work. 



A Little Uissiax i.n a Suketskin 

 Coat. 



Magyar, showing Boots and 

 Sheepskin Coat. 



Experience and practise alone will 

 show what is best. Xo absolute 

 and ironbound rules can be laid 

 down at present as to methods 

 of administration and examina- 

 tion. These features make espe- 

 cially difficult the task of the 

 medical examiners at Ellis Island. 

 Being by far the largest port of 

 ^ntry, Ellis Island must of neces- 

 sity have most to do with the 

 determination of the best methods 

 Df examination, and of standards 

 :>f examination which can be used 

 i'lsewboro after being put to the test 

 of actual trial lieroand modified in 



