The Detroit times., 1914-04-13
RAYMOND w. PULLMAN.
limes WssAts0ton Bareou. No. 70i
AetrQO0lttaa Bank ButldtR0.


WASHINGTON, April l3.-Uncle
Sam Is exercising more and more care
each year In the
Scrutinixing examinations OF
Immigrants. the thousands OF
immigrants who
are leaving foreign lands TO seek
homes In the United States. In the
past statements have been made
charging that tue government Is too
lax In passing on the physical and
mental fitness OF immigrants. but a
study OF the report of the last years
work OF the public health service
physicians who examine immigrants
will show that every man, woman and
child entering this country must meet
strict health requirements before be-
ing permitted 70 pass the immigration
officials.
Under the direction Of Surgeon
General Rupert Blue a system Of ex-
animation has been developed which
makes difficult the entry Of the
physically or mentally unfit. Accord
ing to the report which the public
health service has Just issued to
cover the work of the last fiscal
year. ending June 80, 1918, the gov
ernments medical officers examined
1,514,37l immigrants at ports In the
United States and its dependencies.
Porto Rico and Hawaii This report
included the examination OF temper
airy or non-immigrant arrivals, who
are the alien residents OF the United
States making q temporary trip abroad
and all aliens residing abroad and
making a temporary trip to the Uni
ted States. The permanent imml-
grant arrivals In the United States
last year numbered l,l97.S92.
Gu; D. the aliens examined, 3S.55S
were certified To the office Of the Uni
ted States immigration bureau, OF the
department of labor. for physical rea-
sons. The immigrants who failed to
pass the examination Of the public
health officers were divided into four
classes. Out OF the SS,55S detectives
discovered, 1859 were held because
OF idiocy. feebl" mindedness, epilepsy.
insanity or tuberculosis. The second
class included those affected with
loathsome. contagious or dangerous
diseases, and Of persons SO afflicted
there were 5.397.
:, The largest number Of defecd- es
held UP by Dr. Blues medical officers
were persons who had some disease
or defect which affects ability TO earn
living. and In this class there were
1883 certified. The fourth class in
cluded persons with some disease or
defect of less degree. OF which there
were 1887. In the last two classes
there were many persons who c.iid
be cured, and admitted after simple
medical treatment. or, In the case OF
certain detectives. could be admitted
after friends or relatives had FUR.
nished bond against their becoming q
charge on the community.
Trachoma was the most important
disease for which immigrants were
held up at the various ports, and 2,
were certified as having this infec.
tious disease of the eyes. Feeble
mindedness came next with 534 GER
tifications. followed by z49 cases OF
social diseases. 235 persons with In.
sanity and 161 with tuberculosis.
The governments medical inspec-
ton OF alien immigrants Is conducted
at SO stations. and last year Dr. Blue
assigned 81 commissioned officers and
work. In addition, o large number OF
public health service officers, primar-
lily detailed to other ser..~3 duty,
have examined aliens whenever pre-
scented to them. Ofdcers OF the SER
vice stationed at consulates for quar-
antine duty In Italy have also made
inspections of departing aliens at the
request of the department Of ]. ,or.
III the electric lights In your home
20 out suddenly some night, leaving
you In utter dark
When the ness, do not STUN
liohts 90 Out. BILE your way to
i the telephone and
bother the company's oflcials a. to
the cause. There are 10 chances to
one that they will not know;
This advice Is offered by engineers
who point out that in spite Of the fact
that electricity IL the most modern
as well as the surest and most rell-
able Of lights, there are some mighty
queer things happening to lighting
systems these days, and usually the
power companies for long while are
as much in the dark az to the cause
of some of the freakish accidents as
are the purchasers of the light or
power.
Within the last few months at least
four unusual instances Of lighting and
power companies being put out OF bus
mess temporarily by birds and little
animals have come to the attention
OF electrical experts Of the United
States bureau of standards. Each
time the bird or animal gave his life
AZ sacrifice to the mysteries Of mod.
ern industry, but not before he had
either bathed q whole town In the