THE FIELD AGENT OR INSPECTOR 



As may be seen from the foregoing reports, the 

 Field Agent or Inspector must be a many-sided indi- 

 vidual. Not only is a scientific equipment necessary, 

 but he must also be an educator and a good "mixer." 

 Sanitary inspection in this sense is not so much the 

 exercise of police power, which is indeed of very minor 

 importance, but it is the process whereby a citizen is 

 made to see defects and is shown the way to correct 

 the same. The Field Agent must be an individual of 

 infinite patience and resource, — he is a personal 

 worker. 



It is an unwise worker who proceeds to roundly 

 denounce the man who does not at once get the vision 

 of better things. This process may require some little 

 time. 



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