In Malaya the author estimates that there are probably 500,000 to 600,000 tuberculous persons, representing about 10 per cent of the population, there are about 2,000 hospital beds for tuberculosis, of which 500 are in Singapore for a population of just over 1,000,000. The author states that in Malaya, for every 240 tuberculous patients, only one can have accommodation in hospital He discusses the subject and urges that mass radiography should be undertaken, and that cheaply built homes should be constructed to house infective patients under supervision He gives details of the structures he has in mind Education in health matters should be pressed, and BCG should be used.