DISCIPLINE 83 



The foremen may be discharged at a month's notice, 

 and the workmen are on daily wages. But do not 

 punish unjustly, or good men will be difficult to ob- 

 tain. If there is a clear case, make an example and 

 be firm. 



Should a district be cleared of mosquitos, and then 

 the insects return suddenly, the foreman should be 

 made to inspect the neighbourhood carefully. If he 

 finds larvae in a place that should have been dealt 

 with by one of the workmen in his weekly visit, and 

 the man has neglected to do so, he should be warned. 

 The workman's name is on the door of the house and 

 in the foreman's notebook, and he must be held 

 responsible. If the mosquitos recur a second time 

 the workman's pay may be stopped for a day or two, 

 and if the offence is repeated he may be discharged. 



Sometimes a foreman will report that in a certain 

 house mosquitos persist in great numbers, and that 

 he cannot find the larvae. In this case make the 

 whole brigade search in the garden and on the 

 premises until the larvae are found. If they are in 

 large numbers in one house, and by examining the 

 mosquito curtains in the bedrooms many male as 

 well as female mosquitos are found there, then it is 

 certain that the breeding-place is not very far off. 

 Examine the basement and the cesspools. Perhaps 

 there is a buried cesspool or an unused water-closet, 

 and the mosquitos are laying their eggs in the seal- 

 water. If the search is thorough, the larvae are sure 

 to be found. 



Should mosquitos return in a district that has 



