plague-house

Keep you the memory of that promise in mind, Sir Secretary, and let it warn you to avoid Bellecour, as you would a plague-house.

The Trampling of the Lilies Rafael Sabatini 1912

I like Thornfield, its antiquity, its retirement, its old crow-trees and thorn-trees, its grey facade, and lines of dark windows reflecting that metal welkin: and yet how long have I abhorred the very thought of it, shunned it like a great plague-house?

Jane Eyre: an autobiography, Vol. I. 1848

You, _achora machree_, that's! dearer to us all than the apple of our eye, or the very pulse of our hearts -- to let you into a plague-house -- to let you near the deadly faver that's upon them -- where you'd be sure to catch it; an 'then -- oh, blessed Father.

The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831