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The personnel of the inspection force should receive careful 

 attention. The nature of the work, carried on as it is in the heat 

 of the summer, and taking the inspectors into places of dirt and 

 filth, is such that its success depends on the quality of inspection, 

 and until proper men can be trained to meet and overcome these 

 conditions, the work will suffer. I have found that men must 

 be educated, step by step, to 1 the point where they will wade 

 through garbage dumps, swamps, and filth of various kinds. 



It might be well to begin the work with a small force and in- 

 crease as the requirements demand. 



A geological survey map, because of its accuracy, as to scale, 

 should be used, if possible, and divided into' districts. The size 

 of these districts can be determined by both area and the con- 

 gestion of population. What I mean by area is where the terri- 

 tory is a rural one and where the duties will be more in the 

 nature of labor work, such as draining, filling and oiling, with 

 but a small amount of house-to-house inspection; and what is 

 meant by congestion of population is in cities where the house- 

 to-house inspection predominates, and the draining, filling and 

 oiling done by a separate labor gang. Where house-to-house 

 inspection is to be made, I would suggest one inspector to forty 

 thousand population. This ratio will, no doubt, have to be 

 changed as the work progresses, but I find it less difficult to 

 increase an overworked force than to decrease a top-heavy one. 

 Where the inspection is to be by area, it is better to make the 

 districts large, with an inspector in charge, assisted by a crew 

 of laborers. 



As the inspection work progresses, many problems will be 

 revealed, such as draining, filling, etc. Levels and grades will 

 have to be established, property owners interviewed, conferences 

 arranged and a general follow-up maintained of the working 

 force. 



The inspectors should be charged to report everything in their 

 districts which holds water, or which may be treated with 

 suspicion, cards and report blanks being provided for this pur- 

 pose. I will not attempt here to enumerate the many varied 

 breeding conditions which will be found, but, as the work 



