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Description 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
Date circa  Edit this at Structured Data on Commons
Source Health Inspection of Immigrants in the 19th Century
Author NIAID
Camera location40° 40′ 55.92″ N, 74° 01′ 40.58″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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40°40'55.920"N, 74°1'40.577"W

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