On the House Inspection

In the daily life of the environmental health officers...

We came to the district health office and reported for duty. Recent dengue cases reporting usually leads to the inspection of the neighbourhood for dengue larvae. So we finally headed out to one of the residential areas where a case was reported one week earlier.

But of course, who would wanna start work before some breakfast right?

Roughly an hour later, we finally headed out to the houses. Knocked on the door, asked for permission to enter the house, looked around for water retention, in the bathroom, kitchen as well as the back yard.

The next house, unfortunately, was empty. Lots of empty cans lying around. But no one to summon.

We moved on. The owner was more than willing to let us in. Not really sure it was out of fear or obligation. Last I heard, the summon cost 500 bucks. No discounts. Hard summonses. Pity the hardcore poor alright. Which was why, we were somewhat advice to really think twice before we even think about taking that booklet out.

House cleared, and we walked to the next house.

All in all, 50% of the houses were not inspected; either unoccupied or that the owners were out.

And that's in a day's life of an environment health officer.