Hamburg-American Line v. Elting

Frieda Dusowitz, the 3 year old alien involved in this ease, arrived at the port of New York on September 7, 1925, accompanied by her parents. The father bad been previously admitted to the United States for permanent residence and was returning from a temporary visit to Europe made for the purpose of bringing over his family. The father and three minor children were admitted, but the daughter Frieda was excluded by the Board of Special Inquiry because the medical officers at Ellis Island certified that she was afflicted with favus of the scalp, a loathsome contagious disease, which might…