90 MOSQUITO ERADICATION 



A number of blanks were printed on which to take down the 

 complaints. These blanks were somewhat as follows: 



FORM NO. 7 

 Complaint 



Date 



Complainant 



Address 



Suspected Source of Breeding 



Found 



Address 



Action Taken. 



Date Inspector 



As indicated by the form, these complaint cards were turned 

 over by the director to the appropriate inspector, who then 

 investigated the complaint and reported back what he had found 

 and what action he had taken. 



On the whole, the writer was very well satisfied with the 

 operation of the complaint bureau. It unquestionably had a 

 good effect in revealing breeding-places that the anti-malaria 

 forces were not aware of and also in stimulating the inspectors. 

 It also helped convince the people that sincere and conscientious 

 efforts were being made to keep down domestic mosquitoes and, 

 at the same time, did much to teach them to keep their premises 

 in shape, since, in a very high proportion of the cases, the com- 

 plainant himself was found to be raising the mosquitoes. 



One slight disadvantage was that people occasionally would 

 make complaints for which no basis could be found — that is, 

 no breeding places could be located in the vicinity and neighbors 

 would report that thej r had noticed no mosquitoes. In such 

 cases, the time spent in trying to trace down the supposed 

 breeding-places was wasted. Another disadvantage of the plan 

 was that it led people to expect too much; often, they would file 

 a complaint on the strength of having noticed only a single 

 mosquito. 



