IMPROVING HAIRDRESSING SALOONS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 674, 26 November 1909, Page 5

IMPROVING HAIRDRESSING SALOONS.

■"'. ;;; ijhe proposed;by-lav?. './,:. '■;., ; ; ; ■A. , deputation .•appointed--.at »■ recent meet-., ing ,of hairdressers the , By-lawa. Committee of-the City Oouncil'yostorday'after-: uoon,, regarding the proposed- Dy-law,.' ',-framed, to'goycrn the conduct of' hairdressol's'' saloons.' The by-law in-'question provides-:as; follows:->» -.':■• (1). Saloons, shall, be in biiuidingVJn • first-: .class order' arid.repair, , :wiicli shall:be well; • ventilated , and .drained^:', The'interior of/ ..every .saloon is to- have-a, lavatory', 'wash- : basin,: and appliances -. with , water laid on, . ■and! all tables,', shelves, .and -,fittings;. on' : -; :,which- shaving , ,and. haircutting'.cutlery,. ■; Btq.,';aro :,kept. or. placed shall be of glass- 7 ■'(preferably) : or of .marble,-.slate,, or.'well-;' : . .seasoned: hard -'and polished ' .wood,-,: and : .'shall' be' constructed: without:mouldings or . -'■ crevices:" ; ■'■ : "•;■'■• :■: ''.'' : v -.;■' ,'.": ,■'.-'. ■■ ;-...:■'' ....;■(?) Whenever possible, all': neck,, towolettes; ■; and head-rest: cbveriugs shall be.'of. paper, ' ". and each such; covering shall-',be-.used. for - ' ' .one customer ■ only: If' paper' .tbwelcttes ■■ and head-rest ooverings 'shall not • be' avail-. .able, a: fresh linen .towel: shall be used "for ' ■ each customer,- and a fresh piece of:paper ... .•or'clean linen placed on the head-rest each .

time. "■:. '„■' ' - .;'. .■''• \ - ,'' '•■' ,": '. -, ■'. ■•:'•. (3) The only soap used', shall /.be' liquid dry powdered soap,, or, shaving-cream.. /. ;. " . (4) All shaving brushes and razors after each use must be dipped.for not less than '[ one. minute ' in' a'disinfecting -solution/ Eazors shall be : ; wiped on. paper: only, and ;■ the same paper' shall not be .used for. more than ono : customer.'; '. ■ .-'...''.-.,■ v.(5). No ..sponge .of any kicd shall be used or,bo -permitted to remain in anj - saloon, and no liquid or powder shall be. applied, ".in'any way .except, by means # of. spray of ■approved: chara'crer. ;■ Alum,' crystals,: or , blocks, are no tto be, used as' styptics, unless' .washed-after. , each.application.: ... . :,' : ,' (6) Clean hairbrushes and combs.shall be-, : used for' customers,-and all brashes' and' combs shall be steeped .'daily, except on , Sundays and pnblio holidays, in a disin- ' .fecitin'g solution., for-not -less than' seven . -No inachinery;;or .rotary .brushes shall'be"used; ''"' "' ':. ". , ' ■' .. '•',

\-: (7)--'Aiter every ; ouitoiner : has'.been at-, tended to.all paper used shall bo',cast, into : a waste-basket at once, and the whole contents shall be •■ burnt 'every- working ' evening after , the saloon is.closed. ■-; - (8) ill out.liadr:falling.on' the floor shall : be swept off the floor, as soon as possible and removed, and all such hair shall'be i burnt every working evening "after the .'saloon"is closed."/ ;".;'.. ' .-' ' ■: (9) Every attendant shall wash his •' hands after attending to any customer.: ; Scrupulous cleanliness shall be observed in , 'every detail, and by every person employed .about the saloon. ..-// . i (10)' No person while affected: with : any ' infectious disease; shall'be employed' or do any ; work in. any saloon, nor shall any ' ■ person apparently suffering ' from -any skin, .or scalp disease be attended to i in any -saloon. '. '■ -v ■•., - ■".- '■;':■■' '■:_ ■" ■■ .'■'■ ''',■■ : "• ■,-. (11) Every article suitable for'disinfection shall be disinfected as frequently as v practicable. linen towels and other wash- '■■ able cloths ehall be washed , not less than .•• once every, seven days, and , before being washed shall be steeped in- a disinfecting: solution. .'.■..'.:.'',..■;..■..'•_, » i , ,.,'.: ■-.!■ '. ■[■'~ .'. ■ Mr! Downes, on behalf .of the deputation, stated, that the trade generally approved tho by-laws with a few exceptions.' As to sponges, some of theii customers preferred • them, and tho ■ deputation considerea that if ■ private sponges were kept for customers no'exception should be taken. Another suggested alteration was in the use of thespray. The deputation thought a towel could be.used in certain cases. As to burning paper refuse, a; number of the. saloons .were in lock-up, shops, which had no fireplace, arid, a suggestion was thrown out that the.dustmen should remove-thepaper , overy morning, or a dosed receptacle should bo provided to recoive the'waste; It was the general' opinion in the .trade'.that hair brushes could be done away with, aid so lessen the chances of spreading disease, of the head. The practice could bo. to rub the head with a clean towel.and comb the hair,/ Of course if a customer/desired it he should, bo able to have a private, brush, kept. '-■■:.:■': ;,-,. ..•,"...;■.,:...•,..::,;. The chairman' of Mhe committee./ Councillor Ballinger,';bfought forward several suggestions which had been made to bin, and in reply Mr. Downes said; he , thought the by-law was a eonable one,'and-: could -be; carried out'; With the:exceptions stated, without■ injuring iithe trade. : i -.-. .."t" •'■"';','. '■;,:■;. :'■■..■ '?,'■■-'■":'.■■-.■ ■.-'? ;-?- : -,'-V , cproi9.ittee:,rirdniisad io<«o2irt<M&e: 6nfr, «fiatjsaa.;;'.- : ;v :■■:•■ vi.j,. v ■-. .;■■;,•;,.,.