Staff from the Rambagh section of the Karachi Plague Committee, India. Photograph, 1897.

A sign on a window in the background reads: "Office of the plague superintendent. Rambagh quarters"

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

1897

1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; sheet 21.2 x 29 cm

Rambagh plague staff The lettering is printed on the mount

Photograph probably by Jalbhoy, R.

Wellcome Collection 29989i