In Kent's largest typhoid outbreak, how many people were infected and how many died?

• A. 1500 caught, 50 died
• B. 1200 caught, 60 died
• C. 1800 caught, 132 died
• D. 2000 caught, 300 died

Answer: (C)

This question tests your recall of the scale of Kent’s largest typhoid outbreak and its human impact. The figure is about 1,800 people infected and around 132 deaths. This showcases how a typhoid outbreak could affect a whole community before modern sanitation and antibiotics, underscoring why improvements to water supply and sewage were such a priority in public health history. The other options describe outbreaks that are either smaller in scope or with a death toll that doesn’t fit the well-recorded Kent event, making them less accurate representations of this particular outbreak.