Large numbers of men accomodated in cramped and damp conditions with inadequate nutrition and water provided a fertile breeding ground for disease, especially typhus, known on shore as gaol fever.
Inani elikhulu lamadoda ayesamkelwa ekwimeko zokuba manzi kwaye eshwabene engenakutya kwaneleyo namanzi ayenikwa indawo yokuwanyangela eso sifo, ingaklumbi i-typhus, eyayisaziwa ngokuba ngumkhuhlane womrhungwane.