In 1847 there was a major outbreak of typhus in Montreal among Irish immigrants. Mills organized measures to contain the epidemic and volunteered to tend to the sick, whereupon he contracted the disease himself and died after less than one year in office. [1]
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- ↑ Bruemmer, Rene (May 30, 2009). "Seeking hope, they found death". Montreal Gazette. Canwest. Archived from the original on October 24, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2009.
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