I. UM /a RATION AND TIIK rrJUJC HE A I. 'I II 



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tlio nu'dical cNaiiiiiKitloii imist be 

 cnncluctcd on Ixiard sliip are most 

 (lisconccrtiiiL:' and ditllcnlt for tlio 

 medical (itliccr. Tlic law I'e.si'aiiU 

 all aliens alike, and the rci,nila- 

 tions L;()\crnin,if the medieal exam- 

 ination (d' aliens expressly make no 

 distinct ion hetwcen those in the 

 cabin and in the steerage. As a 

 matter of fact, the cliances of a 

 defective immitirant e>;ca])ing de- 

 tection in thecal)in are far greater 

 than in the steerage. This depends 

 on many factors of which space 

 forbids more than mention. The 

 aliens of the first cabin are fre- 

 quently discharged without exam- 



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ination by the medical officer. In 

 the confnsion and excitement on 

 board an arriving liner not infre- 

 quently defective aliens as well as 

 others are passed with no medical 

 examination. 



It is not true that immigrants 

 come only in the steerage. On 

 many lines the second and even 

 the iirst cabin brings a class of 

 alien passengers distinctly inferior 

 to the steerage of such lines as the 

 Scandinavian and Scotch. In his 

 report for 1911 of the medical 

 examination of aliens at Boston, 

 Dr. M. V, Satford says: 



Six per cent, of the steerage 

 passengers arriving at Boston were 

 United States citizens, and over three 

 fourths of the second cabin passengers 

 were aliens. About 2.5 per cent, of 

 tlie aliens arriving at Boston come as 

 cabin passengers. It appears that 

 over 7 per cent, of the alien second 

 cabin passengers were certified as 



