Mass detention has predictable effects. For example, of course there were waves of measles and other childhood diseases at Manzanar. It’s in Chapter 5 of Personal Justice Denied: Report of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, which tells this story and more. Here is the download site for the full text of the report. It is very much worth reading, especially in light of current events.

For context on this important 1982 report, and the hearings that led to it, and its part in building the case for the token compensation payments of $20,000 to incarcerees, see the Densho Encyclopedia.