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| Typhoid women were kept in asylum | Typhoid women were kept in asylum |
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| At least 43 female typhoid carriers were locked up for life in a mental hospital, the BBC has learned. | At least 43 female typhoid carriers were locked up for life in a mental hospital, the BBC has learned. |
| The women were held at Long Grove asylum in Epsom, Surrey, in the period between 1907 and its closure in 1992. | The women were held at Long Grove asylum in Epsom, Surrey, in the period between 1907 and its closure in 1992. |
| They had recovered from the disease but still excreted the bacterium and posed a public health risk. | They had recovered from the disease but still excreted the bacterium and posed a public health risk. |
| Nursing staff told a BBC investigation that some of the women may have been sane when they were admitted but went mad because of their incarceration. | Nursing staff told a BBC investigation that some of the women may have been sane when they were admitted but went mad because of their incarceration. |
| Most of the records from the hospital were destroyed after it shut down. | Most of the records from the hospital were destroyed after it shut down. |
| However, former nurses have told the BBC how the asylum was run like a prison. | However, former nurses have told the BBC how the asylum was run like a prison. |
| Even after the advent of antibiotic treatments in the 1950s, the women were detained in the hospital because of the state of their mental health. | Even after the advent of antibiotic treatments in the 1950s, the women were detained in the hospital because of the state of their mental health. |