

Patients being given soup, during the bubonic plague outbrea
Patients being given soup, during the bubonic plague outbreak in Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897. Photograph probably by Jalbhoy, R. The lettering is printed on the mount 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: -
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Wellcome Images CC
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3070 x 2390 pixels
Print Size @ 300 dpi
10 x 8 inches / 26 x 20 cm