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Anne and Emily Brontë and other members of the Brontë family of writers, poets and painters were struck by tuberculosis. Anne, their brother Branwell, and Emily all died of it within two years of each other. Charlotte Brontë's death in 1855 was stated at the time as having been due to tuberculosis, but there is some controversy over this today.
Mary Mallon was born in 1869 in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland.She may have been born with typhoid fever as her mother was infected during pregnancy. [5] [6] [7] In 1884 at the age of 15, she emigrated from Ireland to the United States.
Deaths/Year/1000 people Year Population White people Black people 1821 New York City 5.3 9.6 1830 New York City 4.4 12.0 1844 New York City 3.6 8.2 1849 New Orleans 4.9 5.2 1855 New York City 3.1 12.0 1860 New York City 2.4 6.7 1865 New York City 2.8 6.7 1880 New Orleans 3.3 6.0 1890 New Orleans 2.5 5.9
Hart as a young child. Hart was born on October 4, 1890, in Halls Summit, Coffey County, Kansas, to Albert L. Hart and Edna Hart (née Bamford).When his father died of typhoid fever in 1892, his mother reverted to her maiden name and moved the family to Linn County, Oregon. [3]
A look at the lives of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward, the first Black female doctor in New York, and her sister Sarah J. S. Tompkins Garnet, the first Black female principal in NYC.
People with prolonged, frequent, or close contact with people with TB are at particularly high risk of becoming infected, with an estimated 22% infection rate. [73] A person with active but untreated tuberculosis may infect 10–15 (or more) other people per year. [ 74 ]
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Come Home is a three-part British television drama, written by Danny Brocklehurst, starring Christopher Eccleston and Paula Malcomson. [2] It is about a family thrown into chaos when the mother mysteriously walks out. It aired on BBC One from 27 March to 10 April 2018.