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Perhaps the most famous case of typhoid was “Typhoid Mary,” a woman named Mary Mallon who lived in New York City and worked as a cook in 1906. She was a carrier of typhoid fever but never got sick herself. The New York City Department of Health had tried to isolate her, but she assumed a fake name and continued working in 1915. She died in 1938 after causing 10 outbreaks, 51 cases, and 3 deaths.
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A circa-1905 quarantine sign from the Connecticut Health Department |
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