File:People doing laundry at the dhobi ghat, during bubonic plagu Wellcome V0029278.jpg

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People doing laundry at the dhobi ghat, during bubonic plagu
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People doing laundry at the dhobi ghat, during bubonic plagu
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People doing laundry at the dhobi ghat, during bubonic plague outbreak, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.

Photograph probably by Jalbhoy, R.

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Karachi is a port in the province of Sind (now [1996] Pakistan). It was placed in quarantine in 1897, 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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