Question

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Read the passage and answer the following questions.


Mary Mallon emigrated from Ireland to America at the age of 15. When she arrived she became a servant, and soon discovered a talent for cooking. Since the cook in households earned a higher salary, she was happy to change from a simple servant to this role. She worked in 8 households from 1900-1907 as the cook, leaving a trail of 51 people seriously ill with typhoid, one of whom, a small girl, died of the disease.




When she was eventually identified as the cause of the many illnesses, authorities at first tried to persuade her to volunteer samples of her faeces, blood and urine to be tested. She refused, although she did admit that she seldom washed her hands after using toilets and before working with food. She didn't think it was necessary. Eventually, after putting up a tremendous fight, she was taken with the help of 5 policemen, to the nearby hospital where the samples were removed. These proved that she was in fact infected with typhoid although she was not sick at all. The authorities sent her to a small island near the city where she was kept away from others for fear of infecting them too. She remained on the island until she became healthy.



Explain how you think the disease was most probably spread from Mary to the people in the home where she worked?

Answer 1

Answer:

as she seldom washed hands after using toilets, the germs in her faeces might have infected the food that she cooks because she touches the food while cooking. the food which is now infected with bacteria from her faeces is consumed by people for whom she cooks and now enters their body. so they  get infected and as a result they fall ill or even die in the worst case.

from this we learn that we should frequently wash hands for better hygiene for ourselves and for the people around us

we can apply the same principle for preventing covid19 which has become global headlines today

stay healthy :)