Ellis Island examination. Physical examination of female immigrants in around 1911,at Ellis Island,New York City,USA. From the 1890s to the 1950s,this immigration station was the busiest in the USA. Millions of working class people passed through from Europe and elsewhere in search of a new life in the USA. Medical inspectors would examine the immigrants for signs of disease. The woman at lower right is having her eye examined. Typical eye disorders that inspectors looked for were conjunctivitis and the trachoma parasite | |
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