Staff who work in the jail or gardens for the Karachi Plague Committee, India. Photograph, 1897.

The man in the front of the group holds a sign which reads: "Plague. Volunteers. Karachi. 1897." On the building behind, a sign says: "Office. Superintendent. Jail & garden Qr. And market 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 21.3 x 27.3 cm

Jail and garden quarter plague staff The lettering is printed on the mount

Photograph probably by Jalbhoy, R.

Wellcome Collection 29990i