A plague house in Bombay: the wall has been marked with circles. Photograph, 1896/1897.

Date:
1896
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37005i
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1896

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1 photograph : photoprint, albumen, gold toned ; sheet 19.7 x 25.9 cm

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No. 4 - A plague house in Kaladevi Road, Bombay. The plain circles represent death from plague. The circles with a cross within denote death reported as from other maladies. ... Lettering attached to mount on small separate sheet, continues: "It is probable that many of the latter were plague cases falsely reported"

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Wellcome Collection 37005i

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