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Corporation of London.
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Guildhall, E.C.,
22nd November, 1904.
To the Worshipful the Sanitary Committee.
Gentlemen,
It having been referred to me by your Worshipful Committee on the
27th October, 1903, to enquire as to the regulations in force in other countries for
regulating the business of barber or hairdresser, I at once instituted enquiries
in the matter, and a circular letter asking for the desired information was sent
to the official British representative of every civilized state in the world; a
similar request was also made to the agents of fourteen British Colonies.
Sixty replies have now been received, viz., 46 from foreign countries
and fourteen from our Colonies abroad. Those countries from which no
information could be obtained were the Republics of Honduras, Costa Rica
and San Marino.
Speaking generally, it may be said that sanitary regulations, or statutes
specially controlling barbers and hairdressers, exist in but few of the civilized
countries of the world. There are none in force in any of the British Colonies,
but the Board of Health of the Province of Ontario, Canada, have the matter
under consideration.
So far as can be ascertained Regulations of some kind or another are in
operation in the undermentioned countries, viz.:—
America (New York State).
Bolivia.
Germany (Anhalt, Waldeck, Hamburg and Danzic).
Japan.
Salvador.
Servia.
Sweden.
Switzerland (Lausanne, Yevey and Rolle).
Turkey.
Uruguay.
One would not be surprised to find Japan, Germany, Switzerland and
Sweden included in the above, but it will be noted as somewhat remarkable
that only one English-speaking country is in the list, and still more strange to