. Popular science monthly. 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 regard
. Popular science monthly. 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 governing the medical exam-ination of aliens expressly make nodistinction between those in thecabin and in the steerage. As amatter of fact, the chances of adefective immigrant escaping de-tection in the cabin are far greaterthan in the steerage. This dependson many factors of which spaceforbids more than mention. Thealiens of the first cabin are fre-quently discharged without exam-.
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