Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10
RULES FOR BARRIERS.
State Board of Examiners Sends List
to Be Posted in every Shop.

Sanitary rules for BARRIERS,
which must be posted in every shop
in the state, have been sent out
by the state board of BARRIERS
examiners. The order requires
that cups, lather brushes, combs,
towels, and other utensils, be
kept thoroughly clean for each
customer; that nothing but pow
dered or liquid astringents, to stop
bleeding, shall be used; that an
antiseptic solution shall be used
on every person, and that no bar
bers shall shave persons affected
with skin disease unless such per-
sons have private cups. Razors
used on such persons must be
sterilized afterwards.
The three tonsorial establish
ments in Lancaster have received
the rules and posted the same.
They read as follows.
ALI cups and lather brushes must
be thoroughly cleaned in boiling water
before using.
blair brushes must be combed
after using, and both brush and combs
must at all times be kept thoroughly
clean and washed after each days work
with water of ammonia or solution of
borax
3-Fresh and clean towels must be
used for each patron and all towels
must be boiled before using again.
ALI ast1ingents used for controlling
bleeding or Tor other purposes shall be
used in the powdered or liquid form.
Crystals of alumni, blue stone, and like
astringent substances shall not be used.
All soaps, perfumes, bay rum, witch
hazel, and other toilet articles, and all
antiseptic solutions shall be of good
quality. An antiseptic solution shall
be used on each person after shaving.
5-Ne barber shall under any cir
cumstances shave a person affected
with erysipelas, or any disease or af-
lection of the skin of the face where
puss or matter is upon or under the
skin, unless such person shall be pro-
vided with separate individual cup
and lather brush.
Gall razors, shears, clippers, needles,
tweZers or other instruments used
upon any person affected with cry
sipelas or any affection of the skin, of
the face or scalp where puss or matter
is upon or under the skin, shall be
sterilized by immersion for not less
than five inmates in a 20 per cent So
luton of formaidehyde or alcohol or
trikresol before using upon another
person. The barber shall wash his
hand thoroughly in water that has been
sterilized by boiling before serving the
next customer. Trikresol is a power
full disenfectant. 1t is cheap and can
readily be obtained at any drug store.
It does not injure the instruments.
I'm case the face of the patron
shows any indication of skin eruption
the face is to be bathed with water
that has been sterilized by boili, g.
No barber should undertake to treat
any eruption of the skin, but shall ad-
wise consulting physician.
8-The use of finger bowls, powder
pulls, duO SpOIlS0o 10 plOAAOACOu, c1AA
no barber shall keep any of them on
his working stand.
9-No barber who has any venereal
or other contagious disease shall
practice his trade. No proprietor of
any barber shop shall retain in his
employ any barber known to have
venereal or other conta Gious disease.
1O-No barber shop shall be con-
sidered to be in sanitary condition
if any part of said shop is used as
living, cooking or sleeping apartment.
1.-THE floors, walls, furniture and
fixtures of every barber shop shall be
kept clean. Every cuspidor and waste
paper bowl shall be cleaned with boiling
water at least once every twenty-four
hours.
12-Every barber shop shall be sup
piled with sufficient quantity of hot
water for all cleansing and sanitary
purposes.