After the Main Hospital opened on Island 2 in 1902, Ellis Island was once again expanded to make room for the Contagious Disease Hospital and Isolation Wards, also referred to as Island 3. Immigrants diagnosis with trachoma, favus, measles, and other illness were sent here for treatment. This third island was made up of 17 connected pavilions, each that could be sealed to prevent the spread of disease.
Layout of Ellis Island. Retrieved from the Library of Congress.
“1930s-The Channel Is Filled In. Retrieved from saveellisisland.org.
“Returning to Nature.” Retrieved from saveellisisland.org.
Hospital Wards. Retrieved from saveellisisland.org.
Retrieved from the Library of Congress.
Retrieved from the Library of Congress.
Retrieved from the Library of Congress.
Contagious Disease Hospital Office Building, 1933. Retrieved from the Library of Congress.
Psychopathic Ward, 1933. Documentation Compiled After. Retrieved from the Library of Congress.
Room in the Psychopathic Ward, 1933. Retrieved from the Library of Congress.
Contagious Disease Hospital Measles Ward A, 1933. Retrieved from the Library of Congress.
Contagious Disease Hospital Kitchen, 1933. Retrieved from the Library of Congress.
Medicine on Ellis Island 