After infrastructure, Roume prioritized improving colonial health conditions.

Evidence

Roume had a strong second priority for the colonial development of West Africa, after railroads and ports; this was the improvement of health conditions, or what Roume called the assainissement of the colony, for both Europeans and Africans. — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 163

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces ‘assainissement’ as a core French colonial concept meaning sanitation and health improvement.