Disease, Boston’s 3 Deckers & Shanty Irish, Episode 203
Living in Boston, as the Murphys did in the 40s and 50s, with its crowded, small flats, minimum sanitation and lack of space, meant that infectious diseases would be plentifull, contagious and sometimes deadly. The close quarters in 3 deckers resulted in the spreading of diseases to other family members and to neighbors. But Alexander Fleming created penecillin and we all lived happily ever after.