U.S. Public Health Service quarantine station

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federal medical facility quarantine station

The U.S. Public Health Service quarantine station at Angel Island was a federal medical facility that inspected, isolated, and treated arriving immigrants and travelers to prevent the spread of infectious diseases into the United States.

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Label Occurrences
U.S. Public Health Service quarantine station canonical 1
U.S. federal quarantine system 1

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal medical facility ⓘ
quarantine station ⓘ
associatedWith Angel Island ⓘ
surface form: Angel Island Immigration Station
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
goal prevent introduction of epidemic diseases ⓘ
protect public health in the United States ⓘ
hasActivity diagnosis of infectious disease ⓘ
medical examination ⓘ
quarantine detention ⓘ
treatment of quarantined patients ⓘ
vaccination ⓘ
hasFacilityType administrative offices ⓘ
disinfection facilities ⓘ
hospital wards ⓘ
isolation wards ⓘ
laboratory facilities ⓘ
historicalRole component of Angel Island immigration processing system ⓘ
major Pacific Coast port-of-entry health inspection site ⓘ
legalBasis U.S. federal quarantine laws ⓘ
U.S. immigration and public health regulations ⓘ
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

San Francisco Bay ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedOn Angel Island ⓘ
operatedBy Public Health Service ⓘ
surface form: United States Public Health Service
partOf U.S. Public Health Service quarantine station self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: U.S. federal quarantine system
primaryFunction inspection of arriving immigrants ⓘ
inspection of arriving travelers ⓘ
isolation of suspected disease cases ⓘ
prevention of spread of infectious diseases into the United States ⓘ
treatment of infectious diseases ⓘ
relatedTo U.S. immigration policy ⓘ
U.S. public health policy ⓘ
servicePopulation immigrants ⓘ
international travelers ⓘ
staffedBy Public Health Service nurses ⓘ
Public Health Service physicians ⓘ
U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers ⓘ
surface form: Public Health Service sanitarians

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Angel Island → hasHistoricUse → U.S. Public Health Service quarantine station ⓘ
U.S. Public Health Service quarantine station → partOf → U.S. Public Health Service quarantine station self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: U.S. Public Health Service quarantine station at Angel Island
this entity surface form: U.S. federal quarantine system