When Were Pest Houses Invented?

Pest Houses arose arose in most towns and villages from the need to isolate people suffering from communicable illnesses such as plague, tuberculosis, cholera, or smallpox. Many were established in the 17th century, and it is likely that the Pest House in Hungerford dates from that time.

What was the purpose of the pest house?

A pest house, plague house, pesthouse or fever shed was a type of building used for persons afflicted with communicable diseases such as tuberculosis, cholera, smallpox or typhus.

What is a pest house smallpox?

​The PEST HOUSE is a quarantine facility typically found in every Michigan community around 1900. ... To protect healthy citizens from the person with the disease, they were taken to the Pest House where they were cared for until they were well. One in three patients did not survive Smallpox.

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