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11. Shaving brushes may be entirely dispensed with, and a puff of cotton
used instead, which cm be destroyed after once using. A shaving brush
may be disinfected by being placed in boiling water for ten minutes before
using.
12. Before passing from one customer to another, the barber or hairdresser
should thoroughly wash his hands.
13. The powder puff should be replaced by the powder blower, fresh
ball of absorbent cotton or clean towel.
14. A stick of alum should never be used to stop the flow of blood.
A small piece of alum, after being used on a customer, should be thrown
away. Astringent pencil may be used if after use it is disinfected in hot
water.
15. Sponges should not be used in a barber's work, because they
cannot be cleaned as a towel may be. In place of sponges, towels or
balls of absorbent cotton should be used.
16. Toilet wax should not be used indiscriminately; each customer
should have his own toilet wax, which should be kept in a tube.
17. The hairdresser should remove vaseline from the vessel containing
it with a spatula or spoon. Preferably, vaseline put up in collapsible
tubes should be used by hairdressers.
18. Only strictly clean linen towels, wrappers, &c., should be used for
each customer. If a freshly-laundered wrapper cannot be supplied to each
customer, a clean towel should be used in place of the wrapper.
Denmark.—It is expected that in the course of some years, similar
rules to those in force in German}' may be introduced into this country.
Norway.—In Norway, sanitary or other regulations or statute
specially affecting hairdressers and barbers do not exist, but the Sanitary
Board (Sundheds Kommissioneii) have powers to superintend that no
trade in general is carried on in a way which may endanger the public
health. The British Consul-General at Christiania states that he is
informed that the Sanitary Inspector has under consideration certain proposals
to regulate the disinfection of hairdressers' and barbers' instruments.
France.—There are no regulations controlling the barbers or hairdressers,
but the Conseil d'Hygiene of the Seine has issued the following
instructions containing suggestions as to precautions that should be taken,
the chief of which are : —
All razors, scissors, clipping machines, which can readily be taken to
pieces, and combs, should immediately after use be heated for at least ten
minutes in a vessel containing boiling soap and water. This neither injures
the temper or edge of razors, and preserves steel instruments from rust;
provided they are completely immersed in the liquid they can remain there
several hours or even days without harm. For this purpose metal combs are
recommended, and razors with nickel handles.