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UNSPECIFIED - AUGUST 10: Hong Kong, c; 1890 : plague inspectors in a street of the town (the illness broke out in the 1890's in the western district and continued sporadically until the 1920's) (Photo by Apic/Getty Images)

UNSPECIFIED - AUGUST 10:  Hong Kong, c; 1890 : plague inspectors in a street of the town (the illness broke out in the 1890's in the western district and continued sporadically until the 1920's)  (Photo by Apic/Getty Images)