Miscellaneous publication (United States Public Health Service.) no. 5, 1917, Issue 5Public Health Service, 1917 |
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abnormal accompanying alien act Feb act of February acute affect afflicted alien certified alien seamen arriving aliens beriberi board of special certifiable under class chief medical officer chronic alcoholism commissioner of immigration conjunctiva constitutional psychopathic inferiority dangerous contagious disease deemed defective or diseased defects and diseases delirium tremens diagnosis disease or defect diseased aliens earn a living entropion epileptic examination of aliens favus filariasis fungus gonorrhea hospital imbeciles immi immigration law infection insane alien inspector in charge leishmaniasis leprosy loathsome or dangerous medical certificate medical examination mental defect mental or physical microscope necessary observed opinion passengers persons physical and mental physical defect physical examination physical or mental prescribed present proper immigration officers psychoses Public Health Service pupillary light reflex purpose refractive errors regarded ringworm scalp Secretary of Labor special inquiry statement Surgeon suspected symptoms syphilis thereof tion trachoma tuberculosis United States Public vessel
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Page 69 - That in every case where an alien is excluded from admission into the United States, under any law or...
Page 5 - That the following -classes of aliens shall be excluded from admission into the united States : All idiots, imbeciles, feeble-minded persons, epileptics, insane persons, and persons who have been insane within five years previous; persons who have had two or more attacks of insanity at any time previously...
Page 74 - ... might have been detected by means of a competent medical examination at such time, such person or transportation company, or the master, agent, owner, or consignee of any such vessel shall pay to the collector of customs of the customs district in which the port of arrival is located the sum of...
Page 68 - ... may order a temporary removal of such aliens for examination at a designated time and place, but such temporary removal shall not be considered a landing, nor shall it relieve the transportation lines, masters, agents, owners...
Page 73 - Labor shall prescribe, until it shall be determined whether the disorder will be easily curable, or whether they can be permitted to land without danger to other persons; and they shall not be either admitted or deported until such facts have been ascer-tained...
Page 7 - ... or with a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease, or with any mental or physical disability which would bring such aliens within any of the classes excluded from admission to the United States under section two of this Act.
Page 71 - ... shall, upon the warrant of the Secretary of Labor, be taken into custody and deported in the manner provided in the immigration act of February fifth, nineteen hundred and seventeen.
Page 12 - ... the Commissioner General of Immigration, with the approval of the Secretary of Labor, shall from time to time designate as qualified to serve on such boards.
Page 73 - ... married or a minor child born subsequent to such husband or father's naturalization shall be admitted without detention for treatment in hospital, and with respect to a wife to whom married or a minor child born prior to such husband or father's naturalization the provisions of this section shall be observed, even though such person is unable to pay the expense of treatment, in which case the expense shall be paid from the appropriation for the enforcement of this act.
Page 72 - Secretary may deem advisable. All accruing interest on said deposit during the time same shall be held in the United States Postal Savings Bank shall be paid to the person furnishing the sum for deposit. In the event of such alien becoming a public charge, the...