It revealed appalling statistics of dark, overcrowded and insanitary housing. Almost all were poor, and housed in overcrowded and insanitary conditions. Conditions were congested, insanitary, cold and dark. The law was extended and clarified to include insanitary latrines, ditches and pits in 2013. Many soldiers became sick due to insanitary conditions, especially from typhoid, dysentery and diarrhoea. Living conditions in many of the hastily erected cottages were insanitary, lacking water and drainage. Midden closets were, therefore, generally insanitary and were also difficult to empty and clean. Health care again suffered through insanitary living conditions, but the population continued to grow fast. It was not only a disgrace but most insanitary.