The immigrant villages were still incomplete at that time, and as well as having to adapt to the hot weather-a dramatic change from their cold hometowns-the newcomers also faced the specter of various tropical diseases and the threat of wild animals. Subsisting on a diet consisting of rice and drinking water with high lime content, adjusting was difficult.
當時的移民村建設尚未完成，除了要適應冷熱完全不同的氣候，面對各種熱帶傳染病侵襲，還要擔心野獸侵害，包括飲食最基本的米，以及含有大量石灰質的飲水，都讓他們適應不良。