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tions cannot be carried on effectively without the use of proper 

 reports and records. The first step is the report of the inspector 

 to his immediate superior, who may be either a district, assistant 

 chief or chief inspector, depending upon the complexity of the 

 organization. These reports should be made at the end of each 

 day, and should cover the character and location of the viola- 

 tions found, showing what was done in each case, or recom- 

 mending action. A separate card should be used for each viola- 

 tion, so that all further steps, such as oihng, filling, draining, 

 etc., may be entered, and the card then filed for reference. If 

 these files are left im the possession of the district inspectors 

 until the end of the season, a duplicate card covering every 

 breeding place of a permanent nature should be filed at head- 

 quarters. The district inspector should make a daily report to 

 headquarters, giving the number of sections covered, by whom 

 inspected, the names and time record of the men working under 

 his supervision, the numbers of the sections to be covered the 

 following day, and by whom they are to be inspected. This 

 report not only constitutes a daily time record upon which the 

 payroll is based, but it also makes it possible to send out a special 

 inspector without the advance knowledge of the field force. 



Each day the district inspector should enter from the reports 

 of his men certain items in a monthly report to headquarters, 

 covering costs and statistics. The statistical report should give 

 a list of the various classes of violations, the number of new 

 items found, the number permanently eliminated, and the aggre- 

 gate number of times found breeding, the number of gallons of 

 oil used, the number of yard inspections made, and the number 

 of feet of ditches cleaned or dug. The cost report should show 

 the amount of money spent on oil, cartage, oiling, inspection, 

 ditching, supervision and sundries. 



When any permanent work is done a card covering the job 

 should be filed behind the original breeding place card. It is well 

 to keep separate cards of different colors for new and main^ 

 tenance work. 



These records require only a few moments a day for each 

 inspector, and, if properly kept, make it possible at the end of 



