Typhoid Mary’s Exile

What: Cook Mary Mallon was forcibly detained on North Brother Island to stem the spread of typhoid
When: Early 1900s
Where: North Brother Island, in the East River
Jan 24, 2016 | Categories: All stories, Early 20th Century (1898-1945), Health & Medicine, Outside Manhattan | Tags: East River, George Soper, immigrants, Mary Mallon, North Brother Island, Philip Alcabes, quarantine, Riverside Hospital, Typhoid Mary | Leave A Comment »