A cow named Pansy delivered the milk plague of 1928. Hundreds in Lee fell seriously ill, and 48 died

In total, 48 deaths were counted in Lee (not including a few outlying cases among out-of-town visitors). The septic sore throat outbreak had claimed about 1.2 percent of its population.

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