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Stepney 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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(1) All shelves, fittings and tables on which instruments are placed to be
of glass, marble, slate or other similar material.
(2) Clean towels, etc., arc to be used for each customer and a fresh piece
of paper or clean linen is to be placed on the back of the chair or head-rest.
(3) No general powder puffs arc to be used and proper pulverisers or
§otton wool substituted. No sponges to be used.
(4) Razors, scissors, combs or other tools arc to be placed, after use, in a
disinfecting solution. Hair clippers are to be put through a flame.
(5) Razors are to be wiped on paper.
(6) Perfectly clean hair-brushes only must be used.
(7) Shaving brushes after use are to be placed in a disinfecting solution.
(8) Liquid or powdered soap or shaving cream only is to be used.
(9) Cut hair falling on the floor is to be immediately swept up and
removed, and floors must be clcansed daily.
(10) No general alum crystals or blocks are to be used as a styptic, but a
liquid or powder applied on towel or cotton wool, or by spray.
(11) Hot water is to be provided either by being laid on or by a gas urn.
There must be water laid on to the saloon or premises where the business is
carried on.
(12) The most scrupulous cleanliness is to be observed in all that pertains
to the business.
During 1929, one certificate was granted.
Milk (Special Designations) Order 1923.
26 applications for licences under the above Order were received during
the year. All the licences were granted and the description and number of
licences issued are as follows:—
Dealer's Licences:—
" Grade A (Tuberculin tested) " Milk 14*
" Certified" Milk 5
" Pasteurised" Milk 5
Dealer's Supplementary Licences:—
" Grade A (Tuberculin tested) " Milk 1
"Pasteurised" Milk 1
* 1 is in respect to a bottling establishment