Mary Mallon

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Irish immigrant asymptomatic disease carrier cook historical figure human

Mary Mallon, better known as "Typhoid Mary," was an asymptomatic typhoid fever carrier in the early 20th century whose refusal to stop working as a cook led to multiple outbreaks and her long-term quarantine by public health authorities.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Typhoid Mary	4
Mary Mallon canonical	3

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Irish immigrant ⓘ asymptomatic disease carrier ⓘ cook ⓘ historical figure ⓘ human ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mary Mallon ⓘ surface form: Typhoid Mary
apprehendedBy	New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene ⓘ surface form: New York City Health Department
associatedWithDisease	typhoid fever ⓘ
burialPlace	Saint Raymond’s Cemetery, Bronx, New York City, United States ⓘ
carriedPathogen	Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi ⓘ
causeOfDeath	pneumonia ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Ireland ⓘ
culturalImpact	her nickname “Typhoid Mary” became a term for a person who spreads misfortune or disease ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1869-09-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1938-11-11 ⓘ
deniedBeingCarrier	true ⓘ
employedIn	New York City ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Irish ⓘ
familyName	Mallon ⓘ
firstMajorInvestigationYear	1906 ⓘ
firstOutbreakYear	1900 ⓘ
firstQuarantineEnd	1910 ⓘ
firstQuarantineLocation	North Brother Island ⓘ surface form: North Brother Island, New York City, United States
firstQuarantineStart	1907 ⓘ
givenName	Mary ⓘ
immigratedTo	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
immigrationYear	1883 ⓘ
investigatedBy	George Soper NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownCasesLinked	at least 51 typhoid fever cases ⓘ
knownDeathsLinked	at least 3 deaths ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
legacy	symbol of public health challenges in balancing individual rights and community safety ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
medicalCondition	asymptomatic typhoid carrier ⓘ
notableFor	being the first identified asymptomatic carrier of Salmonella typhi in the United States ⓘ causing multiple typhoid fever outbreaks in New York through her work as a cook ⓘ
occupation	cook ⓘ domestic servant ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland ⓘ surface form: Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland
placeOfDeath	North Brother Island ⓘ surface form: North Brother Island, New York City, United States
refusedGallbladderSurgery	true ⓘ
releaseCondition	agreement not to work as a cook ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic
secondQuarantineEnd	1938 ⓘ
secondQuarantineLocation	North Brother Island ⓘ surface form: North Brother Island, New York City, United States
secondQuarantineStart	1915 ⓘ
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
timeInQuarantine	approximately 26 years in total ⓘ
violatedCondition	resumed work as a cook under assumed names ⓘ
workedAt	Sloane Maternity Hospital, Manhattan, New York City, United States ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Brother Island → inmate → Mary Mallon ⓘ

Wilson Fisk → hasBodyguard → Mary Mallon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Typhoid Mary

Riverside Hospital → admittedPatient → Mary Mallon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Typhoid Mary

Riverside Hospital → hasNotableInmate → Mary Mallon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Typhoid Mary

Mary Mallon → alsoKnownAs → Mary Mallon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Typhoid Mary