Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-10
NEW Law FOR BARRIERS
PROVISIONS REQUIRING SHOPS TO
BE REGISTERED.

At the suggestion of Commissioner Mac
farland. Health Officer Woodward has pre-
pared a draft of proposed regulations for
the control of barber shops in the District
of Columbia Before reducing this draft to
its final form for submission to the COM
missioners, the health officer said this morn
ing that he desired to have, SO far as is
possible, the views of representative bar
bers as to the proposed restrictions. The
proposed draft as drawn by DR.. woodward
follows:
Every manager of a barber shop that is
in operation at the time of the PRONUNCIATION
Of these regulations shall register his full
name and the location Of said shop in a
book to be kept in the health office for that
purpose; and every manager of a barber
shop that Is first opened for business after
the PRONUNCIATION Of these regulations shall
within five days after the opening Of the
said shop register in like manner. In event
of a change in the manager or in the loca-
ton Of any barber shop aforesaid, the man
ager shall call at the health Office within
five days after such change takes place and
make corresponding entry In the register,
1.-THE owner and the manager of any bs +
Der shop. and each of them, shall equip the
shop. and keep 1t equipped with running
hot and cold water and with all such ap-
planes, furnishings and materials as may
be necessary to enable persons employed in
and about the shop to comply with the re-
quirements of these regulations.
mo owner and no manager of a barber
shop shall knowingly permit any person
suffering from communicable skin disease
or from venereal disease to act as bar
Der.
mo person who to his own knowledge is
suffering from a communicable disease or
from a venereal disease shall act as a
barber.
Sanitary Requirements.
every manager of barber shop shall
keep his shop and all furniture. tools, APP
planes and other equipment used therein
at all times in clearly condition.
Every manager of a barber shop shall
cause all combs. hair brushes hair busters
and analogous articles to be washed thor
oughly at frequent intervals and to be kept
clean at all times, and shall cause all
mugs, shaving brushes razors. shears, scis-
sors and clippers to be sterilized from time
to time as hereinafter provided.
mo barber shall use for the service of
any customer comb hair brush hair
buster or any analogous article that is not
thoroughly clean, nor any mug, shaving
brush, razor, shears, scissors or clippers
that are not thoroughly clean or that have
not been sterilized since last used.
Every barber Immediately after using a
mug shaving brush razor scissors shears
or clippers for the service of any person
shall sterilize the same by immersng
In boiling water for not less than minute.
or, in the of razors, scissors, shears
and clippers by immersing them in ) per
cent aqueous solution of carbolic acid
mo barber shall use for the service OF
customer any towel or wash cloth that
has not been boiled and Numbered since
last used
every barber shall cleanse his hands
thoroughly Immediately before serving
each customer.
mo barber SHALL to stop the flow OF
blood. use alum or other material unless the
same be used as a powder and applied on
a clean towel
mo barber shall use a powder puff or q
sponge for the service of a customer
No person shall use a barber shop as
dormitory, nor shall any owner or any
manager of a barber shop permit said shop
to be so used.
Any person violating any of the provis-
ions of these regulations shall upon convic-
ton thereof be fined not more than $25
The word barber as used In these regu-
lations means any person who shaves, or
trims the beard, or cuts or dresses the hair
of any other person for pay. The word
manager means any person having for the
time being control of the premises and of
persons present therein"