New York Harbor that contains a museum and former

B – Back

C – Conjunctivitis

TC – Trachoma

E – Eyes

F – Face

FT – Feet

G – Goiter

H – Heart

K – Hernia

L – Lameness

N – Neck

P – Physical and Lungs

PG – Pregnancy

S – Senility

SC – Scalp (favus)

X – Suspected mental defect

ⓧ – Definite signs of mental defect

U.S. Immigrant Inspectors used some other symbols or marks as they interrogated immigrants in the Registry Room to determine whether to admit or detain them, including:

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  SI – Special Inquiry
  
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  IV – Immigrant Visa
  
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  LPC – Likely or Liable to become a Public Charge
  
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  Med. Cert. – Medical certificate issued
  

Those who were cleared were given a medical certificate or an affidavit.^[315] According to a 1912 account by physician Alfred C. Reed, immigrants were medically cleared only after three on-duty physicians signed an affidavit.^[318] Those with visible illnesses were deported or held in the island's hospital.^[304][321] Between 1891 and 1930, Ellis Island reviewed over 25 million attempted immigrants, of which 700,000 were given certificates of disability or disease and of these 79,000 were barred from entry. Approximately 4.4% of immigrants between 1909 and 1930 were classified as disabled or diseased, and one percent of immigrants were deported yearly due to medical causes. The proportion of "diseased" increased to 8.0% during the Spanish flu of 1918-1919.^[322] More than 3,000 attempted immigrants died in the island's hospital.^[304][321]
Interviews
According to a reconstruction of immigration processes in 1907, immigrants who passed the initial inspections spent two to five hours at Ellis Island. Arrivals were asked a couple dozen questions, including name, occupation, and the amount of money they carried. The government wanted to determine whether new arrivals would be self-sufficient upon arrival, and on average, wanted the immigrants to have between $18 and $25 (worth between $494 and $686 as of 2019^[i]).^[304][321]
Some unskilled workers were deemed "likely to become a public charge" and so were rejected; about 2% of immigrants were deported.^[304][321] Ellis Island was sometimes known as "The Island of Tears" or "Heartbreak Island" for these 2% of deportees.^[323] Those who were admitted often met with relatives and friends at the Kissing Post, a wooden column outside the registry room.^[324][325]