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Should the inspectors report that certain stable- 

 owners refuse to comply with their instructions, the 

 health-officer can deal with them in the following way. 

 He should interview these offenders against the public 

 health, and should try to persuade them to mend their 

 ways. If this has no effect he can write to them 

 officially and warn them. It is best to use every 

 means of cajolery before resorting to the arm of the 

 law. Legal procedure, even in England, is an ex- 

 pensive, troublesome, and unpopular affair, and the 

 fly-campaign will suffer, will fall into disrepute, if its 

 name is constantly appearing in the law reports. 

 Should it become absolutely necessary, an example can 

 be made in a case refractory to all other means but 

 only as a last resource. The fly-campaign is best 

 carried on with the support of the public ; it must not 

 be burdened with the weight of public opposition. 



Once started, the campaign's progress will depend on 

 the energy of the inspectors and the perseverance of its 

 organisers. Each fly-lair will be regularly inspected 

 once every week. Manure will be regularly destroyed, 

 refuse regularly removed, and new breeding-places of 

 flies will soon come to light. These can be examined 

 and brought under the influence of sanitation. 



If for any reason it is found that certain proprietors 

 of habitual fly -lairs are unable to deal regularly with 

 the fly-larvae, the sanitary authority can help him. 

 The manure or refuse must be removed and destroyed. 

 Suppose that a stableman objects to this removal 

 because he uses the maggot-infected straw as horses' 

 bedding, he should then be made to rake out the 

 offending material once every week, to dry it thoroughly, 

 and then to destroy the fly-grubs with petroleum or 

 other disinfectant or even drown them in water. In 

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