New-York tribune., 1909-07-04

he would discover later, hut ne kept quiet and
went after Mary Mallon. lie found her with difh-
Guilty. For some reason she refused TO tell her his
tory or TO permit an examination The physician
nevertheless obtained her history and found all his
suspicious amply confirmed Cases OF typhoid had
occurred IN seven out OF eight families in which
she had worked in the last ten years.
The first record OF Marys involuntary devasta-
ton was in 1900. when she was employed in the
summer home of a New Yorker at Mamaroneck
y. Y. A young visitor 10 the family was at
tackled with typhoid in September. and It was
thought he got IL from previous visit TO the sol
ders' camp at M0ntauk Point. Long Island. But
stree the patient had lived in the Mamaroneck
house AT least days after visiting the camp. he
could not have contracted the disease from the
soldiers. Mary. the cook, left within a few days
after The development OF this case. She had been
in the family for three years. without apparently
being connected with typhoid.
In 1901 Mary lived about eleven months in one
family In New York. and a month after her ar
rival conveyed the disease to n laundress.
MARY STILL ON THE JOB"
In 1902 a New York lawyer. with four members OF
his family and hye servants, went TO Dark Har-
bor Ne for the summer. Seven persons were soon
III with typhoid. Besides. a trained nurse sue
cumbed and also a woman doing days work in the
house The only persons who escaped were the
cook-Mary Mallon-dnd the lawyer, who had had
typhoid years before. Wen known medical
men vainly puzzled over this case. The drinking
water obtained from a spring. was a1ialyzed by
chemists In Boston and New York and pronounced
pure. There 10 other cases OF typhoid In the
Eeighborhood. The house was new-and II couldn't
be rented after the outbreak,
In 1901 a New York family. spending the summer
at Sands Point. Long Island. had an outbreak Of
the disease one week after the family moved
there fouiservants out of fell ILL., DR.. r l.
Wilson of the New York Health department.
looked into the case and suspected the laundress-
Mary Mauon-but could not get satisfactory evil
dence AGAINST her. The water was anaiyzed and
all sorts or expert Investigations were made IN
vain.
In 1905, after the oyster Bay episode. Mary got a
tob al Tuxedo Park y. J.. staying for month III
the fall Two weeks after her arrival a iaundress
was taken III This was the only case OF typhoid
in Tuxedo in years.
In 1907 two cases Of typhoid occurred in a New
York house where Mary was employed one pa
tient was a chambermad and the other daughter
OF the house who died On February ., lS'' the
only fatal case in the entire record. Two Tontils
had elapsed between the cooks arrival and the oc-
c1rrence of these cases On investigating the nrst
case the Health Department officials ascrlbed IL 10
the public water supply.
Dr. Soper laid the above facts whlch ne olscoF-
cred. before DR. H NJ Biggs, medical officer OF the
pos.a ~ HeaIth. an March H. 1907 and suggested
that the woman be taken into custody by the de-
partment and examined bacterloloSically on tne
ground that she a peramoulauns dlseASe- Ntie
refused a voluntary examination "heFeuPoH 'A9
department had her removed TO the detehuoh A's
ntal on March - after severe Struggle III
which she showed remarkable bodily strength ana
agility A bacterioIc gical examination sho"eo ue
continuous presence of numoerless mliilohs %
typhoid bacim in her system ana her Dioou s@Fe
the positive Vidal reaction
Thus the champion typhoid carrier was captured
and exiIed 10 North Brother Isand-and the de-
partment does not want to look up the others IKE
her for fear that it would take seveFai lSianus 70
hold them all