Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the City of London for the year 1904
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(d) Charges should, if necessary, be re-modelled to enable Hairdressers,&c.
not only to comply with the letter, but the spirit of the above without loss.
(e) The operator to wear a clean white garment without pockets, sleeves
fitting close to wrists, and wash his hands before attending to each customer.
(/) Metal combs to be used.
(g) Machine or rotary brushes should be discarded.
In accordance with Resolution (ii.) of the Committee, arrangements were
made in order that the names and business addresses of proprietors of Hairdressing
and Barbers' establishments in the City of London, who are willing
to be bound by these Regulations, should be officially recorded in the Public
Health Department, Guildhall, E.C., as "Registered Hairdressers or Barbers."
Also in conformity with Resolution (iii.), it was agreed that no application
to be placed on the Register would be considered until the Certificate
of your Medical Officer of Health had been granted to the effect that the
business premises of the applicant were in a satisfactory sanitary condition.
This is to be understood to mean:—
(1) That all saloons are adequately ventilated and in a cleanly
condition. This specially applies to those in basements.
(2) That the drains have been inspected and tested, and found
to be in good condition, trapped and ventilated. (All lavatory
basins must be separately under-trapped.)
(3) That the products of combustion and fumes from all gasheated
apparatus are conducted to the outer air by means of shafts or
chimneys.
(4) That the premises are in all other respects suitable for the
purpose.
The Guild also determined that all persons who apply to them for Registration
should be required to subscribe to the following.
I, the undersigned, do hereby request the said Guild to enrol my name
in their Register of Hairdressers and Barbers observing the foregoing Regulations,
and do hereby acknowledge that this List of Regulations has been
issued to me by the said Guild, and that I will observe each and
every thereof; and further, that in the event of my making or permitting any
breach therein, the said Guild are at full liberty and I hereby consent to their
removing my name from such Register of Hairdressers observing such
Regulations, and to advertise such removal as they may think fit.
Dated this day of ,190