CIRCULAR. 
RELATING TO THE LABELING OF BAGGAGE AND THE ISSUE OF INSPECT 
TION CARDS TO STEERAGE AND CABIN PASSENGERS. 
H vc au vu Ji c |)avtm cnt, 
Department No. 65. 
1803. 
Mamie Hospital Service. 
Washington, I). C., May 4, 1893. 
To Consular Officers of the United States, Medical Officers of the United States 
seining in foreign ports, and others: 
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Iii accordance with the act of Congress approved February 15, 1893, it is hereby ordered that, until 
further notice, all baggage of steerage passengers destined for the United States shall be labeled. If the 
baggage has been inspected and passed, the label shall be a red label, bearing the name of the port, the 
steamship on which the baggage is to be carried, the word inspected in large type,, the date of inspection, 
and the seal or stamp of the consulate or of the medical officer of the United States serving in the office 
of the consul. All baggage that has been disinfected shall be pasted with a yellow label, upon which shah be 
printed the name of the port, the steamship upon which the baggage is to be carried, the word disinfected 
in large type, the date of disinfection, and the seal or stamp of the consulate or of the medical officer of 
the United States serving in the office of the consul. It is understood, and it will be so printed oh the. 
blank, that the label is not valid unless bearing the consular or medical officer’s stamp or seal. 
It is further ordered that each immigrant or steerage passenger shall be furnished with an inspection 
card (see form below), on which shall be inscribed or stamped the port of departure, name of the steamship, 
date of departure, name of immigrant or steerage passenger and last residence, and the seal or stamp of the 
United States consulate or the detailed medical officer. This card is to be retained by the immigrant until 
he reaches his point of destination in the United States, and is for the purpose of giving information to the 
maritime quarantine officers of the United States and the health officers of the several States through 
whose boundaries the immigrant must pass, and will greatly facilitate his transportation. The card will 
also contain blank spaces for stamping at the local quarantines of the United States and at the immigration 
stations. On the same card are blank spaces to be tilled in by the ship’s surgeon or agent, when it is 
desired by the steamship company to utilize this card for compliance with article 13 of the Immigration 
•Regulations promulgated April 25, 1893; also a column indicating the inspection by the ship’s surgeon of 
each immigrant during the voyage, as demanded by the local quarantine officer at the port of arrival. 2 
On the reverse of the card is a certificate of vaccination, to be filled out when the immigrant has been 
vaccinated; also instructions, in several languages, to the immigrant to retain the card until he reaches 
his destination in the United States in order to avoid detention. 
This card is to be issued by the consular or medical officer to each steerage passenger, to every member 
of a family as well as to the head thereof. If not used by the steamship in complying with article 13 of 
the Immigration Regulations, April 25,1893, a separate card must be furnished by the vessel, incompliance 
with the law. 
Cabin passengers from cholera-infected ports or places shall be given a special inspection card, on 
which shall be printed the port of departure, name of passenger, name of ship, date of departure, and an 
indicated space for the seal or stamp of the consular or medical officer. 
The baggage of said cabin passengers shall be properly labeled. 
J. G. CARLISLE, 
Secretary. INSPECTION CARD. 
(Immigrants and. Steerage Passengers.) 
Port of departure, 
Name of ship, 
Name of Immigrant, 
Date of departure, 
Last residence..... 
Inspected and passed at 
Passed at quarantine, port of 
Passed by Immigration Bureau, 
Seal or Stamp 
of Consular or Med- 
ical Officer. 
U. S. 
port of. 
(Date.) 
(Date.) 
(The following to be filled in by ship’s surgeon or agent prior to or after embarkation.) 
Ship’s list or manifest, No. on ship’s list or manifest, 
Bertli No. 
Steamship 
Inspection. 
1 st (lay. 
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4 
5 
6 
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To be 
punched by 
ship s 
surgeon at 
daily 
inspection. 
(Reverse Side.) 
' Keep this Card to avoid detention at Quarantine and on Rail- 
roads in the United States. 
Diese Karte muss aufbewahrt werden. um Aufenthalt an der 
Quarantine, sowie auf den Eisenhahnen der Yereinigten Staaten 
zu vermeiden. 
Cette carte doit etre conservee pour eviter une, detention a la 
Quarantaine, ainsi que sur les chemius de ter des Etats-Unis. 
Deze kaai't moet bewaard worden, ten einde oponthoud aan de 
Quarautijn. alsook op de ijzeren wegen der Yereenigde Staten te 
vermijden. 
Conservate questo biglietto onde evitare detenzione alia Quaran- 
tina e suite Ferro vie degli Stati Uniti. 
Tento listek musite uschovati, nechcete-li ukaranteny (zasta- 
veni ohledne zjisteni zdravi) neb na draze ve spojeuycli statecli 
zdrz'eni byti. 
Tuto kartocku treba trimat’ u sebe aby sa predeSlo zderzo- 
vanu v karantene aj na zeleznici ve Spojenycli Statoch. 
Vaccinated 
(Signature or Stamp.)