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Plague-infected house, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
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Plague-infected house, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
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Khooshalrai Lane. Site of 4th house infected with Plague and 1st in the heart of the town, Karachi, India.

Photograph probably by Jalbhoy, R.

The lettering is printed on the mount

Symbols have been painted on the wall of the house

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

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Keywords: Karachi Plague Committee (India)
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