Join this late night tour and visit two buildings at the Tenement Museum to explore the personal stories of three health emergencies: tuberculosis in the 1860s, the 1918 influenza pandemic, and HIV/AIDS in the 1980s. Understand the impact each disease had on the community and on individual families. Discuss the responses from the medical profession, government agencies, and the media — from generating hysteria to providing help.
This tour is part of the Wellcome Trust’s Contagious Cities project www.wellcome.ac.uk/contagiouscities.