A careful examination of the New York State quarantine officer. Dr. William M. Smith. health officer of the port of New York. whose assistant. Dr. E. C. Skinner. passed all the immigrants. showed that these officers had no reason to suspect the presence of typhus among the passengers. The inspection made by the United States officers at Ellis Island was attended with a like conclusion. Several passevgers were detained for various sicknesses. but typhus was not suspected until February 12. after it had broken out in New York City. and the few persons at Ellis Island then supposed to have typhus recovered.
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