The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-09-11
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Twelve Rules BARRIERS Must Accept a
a Guide for Business.

BY the state barber board, authorlz-
ed by the last legislature, after its
first meeting is that the board re-
comends that the patrons of barber
shops be not shaved close, as 1t
renders the skin more SUSCEPTIBLE to
infection and is no doubt the cause
of a large per cent of sore faces.
The following are the twelve
rules which govern all barber shops
"a cities of over 1000 inhabitants:
Rule /. Ali cups and lather
brushes must be thoroughly clean
ed in boiling water before using.
Rule 2. Hair brushes must be
combed after using, and both brush
Is and combs must as at all times
be kept thoroughly cleaned and
washed after each days work with
water of ammonia or solution of
borax.
Rule 5. Fresh and clean towels
must be used for each patron, and
all towels must be boiled before u.s.
ing again.
Rule 4. All astringents used
sor controlling bleeding or for
other purposes shall be used in the
powdered or liquid form. Crystals
of alum, bluestone and like astrin-
gent substances shall not be used
All soaps, perfumes, bay rum,
witch hazel and other toilet arti-
.cles, and ali antiseptic solution
shall be of good quality. An anti
septic solution shall be used on
each person after shaving.
Rule S. No barber shall under
any circumstances shave person
affected with any infectious disease
of the skin or of the face where
,puss matter is upon or under the
skin unless such person shall be
provided with separate individual
aup and lather brush.
Rule s. All razors, shears, clip
pers, needles. tweezers or other
instruments used upon any person
affected with erysipelas, or any
affection of the skin of the face or
scalp where puss or matter is upon
or under the skin, shall be steriliz-
ed by immersion for not less than
ave minutes in a 20 per cent solu-
zion of formaldehyde or alcohol or
erikresol before being used upon
another person, and the barber
shall wash his hands thouroghly in
water that has been sterilized by
boiling before serving the next
customer. (Alcohol is best adapt
ed to BARRIERS use. 1t does not
Iniure the instruments
Rule I. In case the face of the
patron shows any indication of
skin eruption the face is to be
5athed with water that has been
sterilized by boiling. No barber
shonld undertake to treat any erup-
non of the skin, but should advise
consulting a physician.
Rule 8. The use of finger
bowls, powder pufs and sponges
as prohibited, and no barber shall
keep either of them on his work
5ng stand.
Rule g. No barber who has any
venereal or other contagious dis
ease shall practice his trade. No
proprietor of any barber shop shall
retain in his employ any barber
known to have venereal or other
contagious disease.
Rule 10 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.
Rule II. The floor, walls, fur
niture 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.
Rule II. Every barber shop
shall be supplied with a sufficient