Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote / Image

Quote image editor Jennifer Worth

Back to previous page

“In large groups of enclosed people who were not allowed out, infectious diseases spread like wildfire. For example, in the 1880s in a workhouse in Kent, it was found that in a child population of one hundred and fifty-four, only three children did not have tuberculosis.” — Jennifer Worth

Quote 1080 x 1350 Instagram portrait
More
Platforms
Pure ratios
In large groups of enclosed people who were not allowed out, infectious diseases spread like wildfire. For example, in the 1880s in a workhouse in Kent, it was found that in a child population of one hundred and fifty-four, only three children did not have tuberculosis.
— Jennifer Worth