Mary Mallon Typhoid Fever

The most dangerous woman in America, the cause of hundreds of death, a simple cook. The one and the only… Typhoid Mary. Between Mary Mallon’s birth and death, many mysteries arose about how people were getting sick with typhoid. Leaving quickly after one fell ill in a client’s house, it took years to track her down. Even to her last day, she claimed she never had typhoid fever and wasn’t the cause of death and sickness in her client’s houses.
Mary Mallon, nicknamed Typhoid Mary after infecting many people with Salmonella Typhi. In her total life time, she directly killed 3-5 people. Mallon also infected 20-30 more people during her career. In 1907 alone, over 3000 people fell ill with Salmonella Typhi in New York City. Many believe Mary Mallon was the main cause linked to the Typhoid Epidemic.
Mary Mallon was born on September 23, 1868 in Cookstown, Ireland, one of the poorest places to live in that time. According to Mallon, she was born in America
For three years the health department would check in and make sure she wasn’t cooking for other people. For these three years, Mallon was a laundress and didn’t cook for others. During this time, Mary lived and supported a male companion named Briehof. In 1913, Briehof died, leaving Mary Mallon alone. After this, Mallon vanished from the health department and didn’t check in at all. She became a cook once again and didn’t think twice about being a healthy carrier, she resumed her life as it was before George Sober came. In 1915, the health department heard of a typhoid outbreak at Sloane Maternity Hospital in New York. A total of 24 workers fell ill and two died in the end. Typhoid Mary had went by the name of Mary Brown to be hired. During the two years she hadn’t check in, she had been a cook in hotels, restaurants, and institutes. She was once again sent to North Brother