

Officers washing members of the Nusserpuri camp, set up as p
Officers washing members of the Nusserpuri camp to disinfect it, set up as part of the Karachi Plague Committee, India. Photograph, 1897. Photograph probably by Jalbhoy, R. The lettering is printed on the mount A small boy is being washed in a wooden tub by an officer Karachi is a port in the province of Sind (now [1996] 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 Contained in an album of photographs which show the work of the Karachi Plague Committee in 1897 1897 Published: -
Credit
Wellcome Images CC
Dimensions
3189 x 2250 pixels
Print Size @ 300 dpi
11 x 8 inches / 27 x 19 cm