72 THE START 



kitchen, and to have it emptied out every Monday 

 morning by the time the brigade arrives. There 

 should be an axiom published broadcast in the town : 

 " No Stagnant Water." 



The foreman then returns to the street, and he 

 writes the name of the street, the number or name of 

 the house, the name of the householder, the total 

 water collections, the places where he found mosquito 

 larvae, the amount of oil used, and lastly the name 

 of the workman that accompanied him. This house 

 must always be appropriated to the same workman, 

 and he must be responsible for the mosquitos, or their 

 absence, in it. If necessary, the workman's name can 

 be written on the wall of the house so that there can 

 be no mistake. 



The workman is then directed to refill his bucket 

 from the oil-cart in the street, and to repeat the same 

 process in the next house. In the meantime, the 

 foreman takes another workman into another house 

 and instructs him like the first, and so on. It does 

 not take a long time to teach the workmen. At the 

 beginning work will be slow ; for the first two or three 

 weeks the men will not be able to accomplish all the 

 houses allotted to the brigade on the map. But as 

 the house-to-house visit becomes familiar, every house 

 in the district apportioned to each brigade will be 

 visited seriatim every week. The ultimate object is 

 that every house in the town as well as the gardens 

 will be visited by the same workman at the same hour 

 of the same day every week. In this way the tenants 

 will know when to expect the brigade, and they can 



