McCartney Times

Ringo Starr’s childhood was full of challenges that the budding drummer was forced to overcome. The young Liverpudlian learnt early on that life would be laden with obstacles that he’d have to leap, and none were more significant than his battle with tuberculosis.

Starr contracted the deadly virus in 1953, the same year it was agreed by the relevant authority that secondary school pupils in Britain should be vaccinated. In the beginning, the uptake was low, and it wasn’t until 1956 that half of the pupils were vaccinated against tuberculosis. In 1948 alone, it was the cause of death for 20,000 people in England and Wales.

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Source: How a life-threatening illness made Ringo Starr learn drums