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reduction is a beneficial measure and, knowing this, 

 will help. But in foreign lands, where the poorer 

 class natives are uneducated, there may be opposition 

 at first. Even then it is better to persuade than to 

 force. But if oft-repeated persuasion fails, then, as a 

 last resort, the law must be appealed to, and such 

 sanitary by-laws as exist must be brought into action. 

 However, this must always be delayed as long as 

 possible. Much depends upon the ability and tactful- 

 ness of the inspectors. They should be honest and 

 reliable men who live and are known in the town. 

 They should not be changed frequently. The idea is 

 that each fly-inspector should become known and 

 respected in the district in which he works, and his 

 purpose and duties understood by the inhabitants. 

 Therefore good men should be selected at the outset 

 and their services retained. 



The fly-inspector should report progress once every 

 week to the health-officer or whoever has charge of the 

 fly-campaign. They must inform of their failures as well 

 as of their successes. They must exhibit their notebooks 

 and fly-maps, and they must state their difficulties 

 and the steps they have taken to overcome them. 

 Some of them may report that they have found 

 certain houses fly-infested but that they are unable to 

 find the fly-larvae. The health-officer must then 

 institute a search for the fly-larva?. If the search is 

 thorough and persevered in the fly-maggots will soon 

 be found. Usually the fly-lair will be discovered in or 

 near the infected premises. The fly-lairs can always be 

 found if sought for diligently. Flies sometimes travel 

 some considerable distance ; but if they are present in 

 great numbers in one spot their breeding-place is not 

 far off. This is a point which is well to remember. 



