She was forcibly quarantined as a carrier of typhoid fever in 1907 for three years and then again from 1915 until her death in 1938. She is identified as the first asymptomatic carrier of the disease in the US, which earned her the sobriquet of ‘Typhoid Mary’. However, from 1900 to 1907 nearly two dozen people fell ill with typhoid fever in households in New York City and Long Island where Mary worked. He subsequently linked all 22 cases of typhoid fever that had been recorded in New York City and the Long Island area to Mary. Of nearly 3,000 Class IV employees, there are more than 900 cooks, working in the mess facilities and attached individually to the officers.

Source: Indian Express August 14, 2020 07:41 UTC