BIBFRAME Work

Title

Flat island

Other Titles (e.g. Variant)

History of quarantine in Mauritius

Type

• Monograph
• Text

Contribution

• Foh, Christelle Miao (author)
• Aapravasi Ghat Trust Fund (issuing body)

Subject

• Indentured servants (FAST)
• Colonies--Administration (FAST)
• Communicable diseases--Prevention (FAST)
• Grande-Bretagne--Colonies--Administration--Histoire--19e siècle (RVM)
• Indian Ocean (FAST)
• Île Maurice--Histoire--19e siècle (RVM)
• Mauritius (FAST)
• British Indian Ocean Territory (FAST)
• Quarantine--Mauritius--History (LCSH)
• 1800-1899 (FAST)
• Quarantaine--Île Maurice--Histoire (RVM)
• Indentured servants--British Indian Ocean Territory--History (LCSH)
• Contract labor (FAST)
• Main-d'œuvre contractuelle--Histoire--19e siècle (RVM)
• Cholera--Prevention (FAST)
• British colonies (FAST)
• Mauritius--History--19th century (LCSH)
• Great Britain--Colonies--Administration--History--19th century (LCSH)
• Maladies infectieuses--Prévention--Histoire (RVM)
• Contract labor--History--19th century (LCSH)
• Quarantine (FAST)
• Communicable diseases--Prevention--History (LCSH)
• Cholera--Indian Ocean--Prevention--History--19th century (LCSH)

Genre Form

History (FAST)

Language

• eng

Illustrative Content

• illustrations
• portraits
• plans
• maps

Classification

LCC: RA755.M45 F64 2018 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: uba)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• bibliography

Table of Contents

Introduction -- 1. Indian immigration and prevalence of diseases -- Flat Island used as quarantine zones for indenture immigrants -- Flat Island and the smallpox outbreak of 1816 -- Flat Island and the smallpox epidemic of 1856 -- Flat Island and the cholera epidemic of 1819 -- Flat Island and the cholera epidemic of 1854 -- Flat Island and the cholera epidemic of 1856 -- 2. Establishing Flat Island as a quarantine station -- Control of the quarantine under the supervision of a surgeon superintendent -- Spatial segregation and the confinement at Flat Island -- Accomodating the passengers in quarantine: the coolie camps and the European quarters -- Taking care of the immigrants: healthcare at the quarantine station -- 3. Satsifying the needs of the quarantined immigrants -- Water and the distilling apparatus -- Provisioning on Flat Island -- 4. Flat Island the quarantine station.

Authorized Access Point

Foh, Christelle Miao. Flat island

Geographic Coverage

• Mauritius
• Indian Ocean
• British Indian Ocean Territory
• Great Britain

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-30T17:45:59.413991+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 24024036

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-30
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc