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Appeals and pressure being of no avail and in view of
the lack of legal control over the persistent public health
nuisances caused at the Yale of Health Amusement Park, the Council
took the only course available to them, viz:- to make Byelaws in
pursuance of the powers relating to fairgrounds contained in the
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1959•
These Byelaws were confirmed by the Home Office and came
into operation on 1st October, 1954. They provide (inter alia)
that:-
"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 reasonable 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."
The penalty for an offence against the Byelaw is a
maximum fine not exceeding £5.
Copies of the Byelaws were sent immediately to the
proprietors at the fairground•
Further negotiation took place; fresh plans were
deposited, a builder instructed and again, owing to disagreement
between the respective owners, nothing came to fruition.
Repeated summonses were then issued in respect of
failure to provide adequate sanitary accommodation and these
resulted in penalties and costs amounting to some £60 being
imposed by the Court.
On the last occasion, both Defendants were not only
fined but were bound over in the sum of £20 to be of good