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now the inspectors will be in a position to deal directly 

 with the fly-lairs, and each will be able to assure himself 

 that the fly-grubs are destroyed by actually seeing the 

 work done under his own direction. When the inspector 

 finds a fly-lair which has not been properly dealt with 

 he can order his men to do it, and he can see that it is 

 done thoroughly. 



This is how anti-mosquito campaigns are now 

 conducted in warm climates ; and they have proved 

 most successful. For not only have they been the 

 means of supplying a complete sanitary organisation, 

 but also a regular, weekly, executive sanitary service 

 capable of converting insanitary conditions into healthy 

 places. Anti-fly campaigns should be conducted on 

 exactly similar lines. So far, the fly-campaign has 

 consisted of a little work and much instruction, but the 

 time arrives when more work can be undertaken 

 advantageously, for the public will be educated to its 

 needs. In places where there is a large ignorant native 

 population, it is usually essential for the anti-mosquito 

 or anti-fly campaign organisers to start at once with 

 gangs of workmen, who must tackle the problem of 

 fly-reduction themselves, for ignorant people will 

 not undertake the work even in their own houses. 

 At home, it is best to begin slowly in the manner 

 described heretofore, and to teach the inhabitants 

 to prevent fly-lairs themselves ; then the lessons 

 learned will be more lasting. When the idea is firmly 

 rooted in the public mind more active sanitary measures 

 of a permanent nature can be instituted. 



The fly-inspectors with their workmen must con- 

 tinue their daily beats of inspection indefinitely. It 

 will be astonishing to find the insanitary conditions 

 which prevail. Once every week the whole dis- 



