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JAPAN.
From the Acting Consul-General for Japan, I learn that Regulations are in
force in that country, which are issued in the interest of the Public Health by
the Head of the Police at Tokio to all the Police Authorities throughout the
country, concerning the business of hairdresser or barber.
These Regulations provide:—
That proper care should be taken to disinfect the tools by the hairdresser or
barber after each person.
That strict attention should be paid to cleanliness by the hairdresser or
barber to his person and premises.
Also the wearing of a white garment, such as an overall, is enforced by the
Police Authorities.
SALVADOR.
South American Republic.
The establishments in which hairdressing and barbering is carried on are
required to be provided with disinfecting appliances in public view, where all
towels and other cloths, brushes, &c., employed in the service of customers,
undergo disinfection with formalin gas. Razors, scissors, &c., are required to
be treated antiseptically before being used, and customers are expected to see
that it is done.
SERVIA.
In this country the duty of seeing that hairdressers and barbers take proper
measures with regard to cleanliness of instruments, &c., devolves upon the
District Medical Officer, and as shown by the following reply received from
the Consul-General, this trade is under the control of Guilds as formerly
obtained in England.
According to an extract of the sanitary collection of laws at present in force in
Servia, received from the Servian Minister of the Interior, there are two categories
of hairdressers and barbers in Servia, viz.: those who have acquired a right from
their Guild as master hairdressers and barbers to cut and dress the hair and shave
only; and those who have, in addition to such a right, obtained also a qualification
for doing smaller surgical operations, such as bleeding, choosing and applying
leeches, extracting teeth, syringing, &c., having previously passed an examination
before a Special Commission.
The County and District Medical Officers have the authority to use all measures
they may deem necessary in the interest of public health, as to the cleanliness of
instruments, &e., in hairdressers' and barbers' establishments of their respective
departments.
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It will be seen, therefore, that Medical Officers in Servia have ample power
of control over these businesses, but I am unable to say how far they are
exercised.