PERILS OF THE JOB
In the early years of the 20th century sanitation and claims for injuries had become a concern for the industry following a number of highprofile cases of patrons receiving burns:
HAIRDRESSING TRAGEDY. A PICCADILLY MYSTERY.
When we think of visiting a hairdresser, we often visualise clean, modern salons with reclining chairs and washbasins, the hum of hairdryers, chemical odours stinging our eyes, and the hairdressers themselves, often dressed in black, with skills many of us just couldn’t live without – something we all discovered during lockdown!
Two deaths have taken place at Charing-cross Hospital as the sequel to a sensational affair in a West-end hairdresser’s establishment. The deceased were Miss Lily Holkirk, of Golder’s-green, and Miss Marcella Leon. Their deaths were caused by injuries received at the premises of Mr. Leon, hairdresser, of Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly on Monday night. Mrs. Leon is an in-patient at the hospital suffering from burns.
The sk ills deman ded of hair dressers have c hanged as fashion s evolved
The affair is at present a mysterious one. Miss Holkirk, whose age is given as twenty-three years, went to the establishment for the purpose of having her hair dressed. She was attended by Mrs. Leon and her daughter. Suddenly the attendants in the gentlemen’s saloon were startled to hear shrieks coming from the ladies saloon above, followed by the sound of hurrying footsteps.