The minister and officers of the league can teach their people to be careful and not produce unsanitary conditions, and the health officer can remedy conditions that the people can not correct. The leagues should urge the members to beautify their homes, no matter how humble they may be. If the home is made more attractive, interest in it will grow, and an improvement in the sanitary conditions will naturally follow. Teach the members to have grass and flowers in their yards. See that there is no dirt, trash, or litter scattered about; that the loose paling of the fence is nailed on, and the sagging gate has a new hinge. Pull the dirty rags from the broken window pane and burn them. Let them put their bed-clothing out in the sun occasionally, and sweep the dust from under the bed and furniture. Open the window and door and let air and sunlight into the rooms. All of these things tend to improve the sanitary conditions, which means health and happiness. Members should be taught that remedies advertised as cures for consumption are not to be relied upon, and that the only known way to get well is to live in the open air as much as possible, both day and night, and to eat nourishing food at regular intervals. The consumptive when possible should go to a physician or a dispensary and follow exactly the instructions given. Aside from the help that can be given the individual consumptive, which will be discussed later on, there is much that the leagues can do by concerted action to improve the conditions under which the negro lives. Probably one of the most important factors in the spread of tuberculosis, aside from his habits, is the manner in which the negro is housed. The negro as a rule is a renter. The houses that he can rent are usually located in the poorest and most unhealthy part of the city. They are often poorly constructed, badly lighted and ventilated, and frequently in bad repair. The rooms are usually small and dark, having but one window, and the top sash is seldom arranged to be lowered. Many houses are built on poorly drained ground, and water stands under them after each rain, making the rooms damp and cold. These houses are seldom provided with bathing arrangements or water-closets, thus necessitating the use of privies, or the back alleys, with all the dangers attendant upon such conditions. For such houses, or more frequently for one or two rooms in such a house, the negro pays proportionately more rent than the white race does for better houses in the same community, either because better accommodations are not available, or because he can not, or will not, pay for better. The family, usually consisting of father, mother, and several children, and often friends or relatives, all live, eat, and sleep in these two or three rooms, frequently with the windows and doors tightly closed, and in winter a stove going at full blast.