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Translations of Regulations in force in the first three of the above are
appended.
Extract from the Publications of the Imperial Department of Health, 1902, No. 8.
Anhalt Police Regulations concerning the exercise of the trade of barber,
hairdresser and haircutter, dated the 18th December, 1901 (Anhalt
Government Gazette, 1901, No. 303).
In virtue of the law of Police Administration of the 1st July, 1864, No. 31 of
the Law Book, the following rules are issued:—
Clause 1.—In the barbers', hairdressers' and haircutting rooms in all localities
in which a number of persons are attended by way of business in the exercise of
the barber's, hairdresser's and haircutting trade, the strictest cleanliness must
prevail. Barbers', hairdressers', and haircutting rooms must not be used as
sleeping places. Dogs and cats must not be allowed to remain in the same.
Clause 2.—Persons suffering from a skin or hair or other contagious disease
must not exercise the trade of barber, hairdresser or haircutter.
Clause 3.—The shaving, hairdressing and haircutting must be carried on with
clean hands only.
In every barber's, hairdresser's and haircutter's shop there must be ample
washing opportunity for the attendants, in such a manner, that they may at any
time wash their hands with soap in pure unused water, and dry the same with a
clean and dry towel.
In the exercise of the barbers', hairdressers' and haircutters' trade, the persons
in question must always wear a clean dress.
Clause 4.—In every barber's, hairdresser's and haircutter's shop there must be
at least one spittoon containing water, which has to be cleaned every day.
Clause 5.—All towels, wraps, pads, protective materials and the like, used
in barbers', hairdressers' and haircutters' shops must be perfectly dry and clean,
and in any case free from visible dirty spots. Chairs serving for supporting the
head must be covered previously with a protective material, as for instance a
sheet of tissue paper. Protective materials consisting of paper are to be
destroyed after having been once used.
Clause 6.—Scissors, combs, razors and brushes, and all other barbers',
hairdressers' and haircutters' utensils are to be cleaned thoroughly after each use,
with the exception of the brushes, by washing with soap suds.
The common use of cylindrical brushes for the hair, moustache bands, powder
puffs and sponges is prohibited.
Pads of wadding and blood-stopping materials are to be destroyed after use.
Clause 7.—Persons who can be seen to suffer from a hair or skin disease of the
head, vermin or any visible contagious disease, must not be attended to at any
barber's, hairdressing or haircutting shop. Linen and utensils which have been
used when serving such persons outside the business localities, must be thoroughly
washed or boiled in strong soap suds before being used again.