The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-20
SANITARY RULES FOR BARRIERS


 sts A.. ss - yg,=s Issued by the State Board of Exami- ners for Display in Shops.
 The state board of examiners of bar. bers has issued the following placard for display in barber shops: Rules and Regulations Governing All Barber Shops in the State of Connect icut, in regard to the Sanitary Condi- ton, as Approved by the State Board of Health. An Act Concerning the Board of Exam
 iners of Barbers.
 General Assembly,
 January Session, A. D. 1903. Be it enacted by the Senate and House. of Representatives in General Assem- bly, convened:
 Section 2. The members of the ex- amining board shall have full power to enter in business hours and inspect all barber shops in the state regarding, their sanitary condition. If said exam ming board shall find shop that is un- sanitary, they shall report the name of the proprietor and the street and num- Der of the place of business to the town. city or borough health officer of the place in which it is located, who shall at once order the shop put in a sanitary condition or closed
 The following rules shall apply to ev-. cry barber and barber shop in the state of Connecticut: # . l. No razor, pair of shears or clippers used upon any person shall be used upon any other person until such razor, pair of shears or clippers shall be ster- ilized by immersion not less than five minutes in a one per cent. solution of trieresol.
 2 No towel, whether dry ora hot towel, shall be used upon any customer unless such towel shall be clean and such towel must be boiled before being again used
 3. No cup or father brush shall be used upon any customer until such cup and brush shall be thoroughly washed in boiling water.
 { 4 The floor walls, furniture and fix lures of every barber shop shall be kept clean. Every cuspidor and waste pa- per bowl shall be cleansed with boiling water at least once every twenty-four hours. No loose hair shall be allowed to accumulate on the floor of any bar- Der shop.
 5. Every barber while on duty in his shop shall be neat and clean in his per sonaI appearance Every barber shall wash his hands thoroughly before serving customer, and on serving an other customer shall again wash his hands.
 No barber who has any yenereal or other contagious disease shall practice his trade No proprietor of any barber shop shall retain in his employ any barber known to have any venereal or other contagious disease.
 '. The use in barber shops of finger bowls. powder puffs and sponges is pro- hibited, and no barber shall keep either of them on his working stand. MI 8. All combs, hair brushes. hair dust CTS and other articles used upon the persons of customers shall be at all times kept thoroughly clean and washed at frequent intervals in water of ammonia or solution of borax All soap, perfume, bay rum, witch hazel and other toilet articles and all anti septic solutions shall be of good quail ity.s g. No barber shop shall be considered to be in a sanitary condition if any part of said shop is used as a living, cooking or sleeping apartment.
 *(Tricresol is a powerful disinfectant, is cheap and can readily be obtained at drug stores. Itdoes not injure the in struments.)
 Adopted July S. 1903
 EMERSON M. PARKER.
 HENRY c. SCHNEIDER,
 JOHN SIRICA,
 State Board of Examiners. Approved July 10, 1903. THE STATE BOARD or HEALTH,
 By C. A. Lindsley, Secretary.