. Popular science monthly. ^, having once been admitted, could well be made 332 THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY dependent on his meeting certain tests of education and financial self-support within a definite period. A healthy immigrant who passessuch tests is the only alien who should be eligible for citizenship. It is essential for the success of the medical examination that it beconducted in quarters especially arranged with reference to the needsof the examination. Well lighted and perfectly ventilated rooms areextremely necessary. For both the physical and mental examination anumber of separa
. Popular science monthly. ^, having once been admitted, could well be made 332 THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY dependent on his meeting certain tests of education and financial self-support within a definite period. A healthy immigrant who passessuch tests is the only alien who should be eligible for citizenship. It is essential for the success of the medical examination that it beconducted in quarters especially arranged with reference to the needsof the examination. Well lighted and perfectly ventilated rooms areextremely necessary. For both the physical and mental examination anumber of separate rooms are needed sufficiently large to prevent over-crowding. The immigrant is naturally frightened and nervous from. Slovak Girls. his strange surroundings. Being detained for more complete medicalexamination increases his perturbation and anxiety. It is most impor-tant to allay his fears and remove the sense of strangeness, so far aspossible, by avoiding overcrowding, by quiet and kind treatment, andby judicious arrangement of facilities and interpreters. These con-ditions are of no small importance in the conduct of the medicalexamination. As has been stated, aliens in the first and second cabins of incomingvessels at New York are examined on board ship, and are not removedto Ellis Island unless such a course is required for medical attention ordiagnosis, or unless the individual is held for a board of special inquiryto pass on his eligibility for admission. The conditions under which IMMIGRATION AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH 333 the medical examination must beconducted on board shir) are mostdisconcerting and difficult for themedical officer. The law regardsall aliens alike, and the regula-tions governin
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