84 PROGRESS 



already been cleared, and the foreman reports that 

 he cannot find their breeding-place, insist that the 

 brigade works after working hours, or on the following 

 Sunday, until the larvae are found ; this will make 

 them more careful. If this is done, the mosquito 

 breeding-place is always forthcoming. Complaints 

 may arise that a house has not been visited by the 

 brigade for a month, and that the foreman has been 

 seen idling away his time in a cafe. Find out if the 

 accusation is correct. A few inquiries will soon settle 

 the matter. If correct, punish heavily, and the 

 offence will not be repeated. Make the men work 

 overtime, or cut their pay. But one must be fair 

 and just then the men will work well. 



It may be found that mosquitos are breeding in 

 places that are difficult to deal with on account of 

 the expense. Such places are large borrow-pits, in- 

 filtration water collections, birkets, urban marshes. 

 As already pointed out, the drainage or the reclaiming 

 of such places really comes under the heading of major 

 sanitary works, and should have been noted as such 

 when making the estimate of the cost. Such major 

 sanitary works should be undertaken by the munici- 

 pality or town council as its duty ; it should not be 

 left to the enterprise of some individual department 

 certainly not put to the account of a mosquito 

 campaign. The reclaiming of a ditch in the centre 

 of a town should not be charged to the credit of the 

 Health Department merely because it is insanitary 

 or because it smells. These are general municipal 

 measures. Frequently one sees such matters forgotten. 



