| Ellis Island | |
|---|---|
_hospital.jpg) Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital | |
| Location | Ellis Island Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S., in New York Harbor |
| Coordinates | 40°41′58.4″N 74°2′22.5″W / 40.699556°N 74.039583°W |
| Elevation | 7 ft (2.1 m)[1] |
| Built | 1900 |
| Architectural style(s) | Georgian Revival[2] |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
| Website | http://www.nps.gov/elis/ |
| Official name | Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island |
| Designated | October 15, 1966[3] |
| Reference no. | 66000058 |
| Official name | Statue of Liberty National Monument |
| Designated | added October 15, 1965[4] |
  Location in Port of New York and New Jersey  Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital (New Jersey)  Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital (the United States) | |
The Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital (also known as USPHS Hospital No. 43) was a United States Public Health Service hospital on Ellis Island, in New York Harbor, that operated from 1902 to 1951.[5] The hospital is part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument. While the monument is managed by the National Park Service as part of the National Parks of New York Harbor office, the south side of Ellis Island, including the hospital, is managed by the non-profit Save Ellis Island Foundation and has been off-limits to the general public since its closing in 1954.
Constructed in phases, the facility encompassed both a general hospital and a separate pavilion-style contagious disease hospital. The hospital had two functions: treating immigrants who were ill upon arrival, and treating immigrants with conditions that were prohibited by immigration laws. These latter patients were stabilized and often sent back to their home countries. Between 1902 and 1951 the hospital treated over 275,000 patients; there were approximately 4,000 fatalities and 350 babies were born there.[6]
The immigrant hospital was run by the Marine Hospital Service, which was re-organized and expanded in 1902 and became the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service. The name was shortened in 1912 and became the United States Public Health Service (PHS). All of the doctors at Ellis Island were part of the commissioned corps of the United States Public Health Service. Nurses and all other medical personnel were employees of the PHS. The PHS doctors conducted the line inspection, the medical examination of arriving immigrants, and treated detained immigrants in the hospitals.
Efforts to restore the hospital buildings and other structures on the island are being made by the Save Ellis Island Foundation. The hospital complex has been open to the public on a limited basis for hard hat tours since 2014, provided by the Save Ellis Island Foundation.
- ^ "Ellis Island - Hudson County, New Jersey". USGS. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
- ^ "Photographs – Written Historical and Descriptive Data – Reduced Copies of Measured Drawings – Field Reccords" (PDF). Ellis Island, Contagious Disease Hospital Kitchen (Report). Washington, DC: National Park Service. HABS NY-6086-S. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Proclamation 3656 – Adding Ellis Island to the Statue of Liberty National Monument". April 5, 2010.
- ^ Unrau 1984c, pp. 975–976.
- ^ Statistics compiled from annual reports to The Commissioner General of Immigration and The Surgeon General of United States Public Health Service from 1892 to 1954. See chart