Los Angeles has been declared one of the world’s dirtiest slums, with conditions in some parts of the city worse than slums found in third world nations in Central America and Africa.

According to an NBC investigation, great swathes of the city are covered in human feces and needles, with rats, fleas and roaches are rampant. Diseases such as typhus are making a comeback and city inhabitants are falling ill due to the contamination.

Activist “General” Jeff Page, says,"the city is using the typhus outbreak as an excuse to push out the homeless and make the area more amenable to gentrification."