Where lepers and Typhoid Mary, as well as those with smallpox, tuberculosis, scarlet fever and diphtheria were sent: North Brother Island. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/spooky-new-photos-peer-inside-an-abandoned-i sland-leper-colony-next-to-nyc/ If the above URL breaks-up, then try: http://tinyurl.com/88gxban I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. Regards, Walter Greenspan Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY