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Plague-infected house which has been demolished, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
At the height of the epidemic in Karachi, in one week, 102 dwellings were condemned, 130 recommended for alteration and 4000 altered
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
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