Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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"Premises" means the premises on which a pleasure fair
is held.
"Manager" means the person having the control of a
pleasure fair, whether being the owner or lessee of the
premises or some other person.
2. The manager of a pleasure fair shall not keep a fair open
to the public other than between the following hours:–
(a) on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
in any week the hours of 10 o'clock in the morning
and 10.30 o'clock in the evening;
(b) on Saturdays and Bank Holidays the hours of 10 o'clock
in the morning and 11 o'clock in the evening;
(c) on Sundays the hours of 2 o'clock in the afternoon and
9 o'clock in the evening; and
(d) on Good Fridays the hours of 12 noon and 10 o'clock in
the evening.
3. The manager of a pleasure fair shall take any necessary steps
to provide adequate entrances thereto and exits therefrom. He
shall while the public are on the premises keep every exit open
and free from obstruction.
4. No person shall place or cause to be placed any obstruction
in any exit provided in accordance with the foregoing by-law No.3,
while the public are on the premises.
5. The manager of a pleasure fair not being a pleasure fair the
whole of which is comprised within a building or buildings shall
where adequate public sanitary accommodation is not already
available within reas®nable distance of all parts of such pleasure
fair take any necessary steps:-
(a) to provide in suitable situations "sufficient and suitable
sanitary conveniences for persons employed in or about the
pleasure fair and for the public attending the pleasure fair";
(b) to label separate conveniences for men and for women
respectively in such proportions as may be appropriate; and
(c) to maintain the conveniences in good repair and in a
reasonably clean and wholesome condition.
6. The manager shall take any necessary steps to provide:-
(a) a sufficient supply of wholesome water for the use of
persons employed; and