Four men from the Karachi Plague Committee, India. Photograph, 1897.
- Jalbhoy, R.
- Date:
- 1897
- Reference:
- 29937i
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Karachi is a port in the province of Sind (subsequently in Pakistan) It was placed in quarantine in 1882, during the outbreak of bubonic plague which spread from Bombay. The Plague Committee consisted mostly of volunteers, who were organised into parties and were responsible for the segregation and inoculation of various districts
Publication/Creation
1897
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; sheet 21.5 x 28.7 cm
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Karachi Plague Committee 1897
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Reference
Wellcome Collection 29937i
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