disease outbreaks

[annie]

are these a soft cap for population or is there an actual way to prevent them at 10k residents? it seems like every time i buy a new shipment of field slaves and bump up to 10k pop i instantly get an epidemic that completely grinds my city to a halt. i built up physicians and hospitals but they're still arriving and immediately getting 5000 people sick, and my 'sanitation' meter is never more than half full (full stats: Hygiene - 2.96 Health - 2.55 Population - 0.08)

e: i'm on the beta branch

[bkmmoore16]

it does seem to be capped but i've been able to hold 13k with 500 hospital beds and warehouses full of cloth/opiates next door. try not using slaves too, they're dirty.