I remember being quarantined with the measles. Not only was I stuck in the house, I was stuck in bed in a dark room because the light hurt my eyes. Then my brother got them too.
The only person who left the house for nearly a month was my dad. He went to work as usual and then he bought the groceries.
Our doctor made house calls.
My mother was quarantined in 1937 with Scarlett Fever during an outbreak.Sign on the family’s front door etc. It was the norm then. Luckily, it was also the time when sulfa drugs were discovered and that saved her life.