Sanitary district
Former local government districts in England and Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about sanitary districts in Great Britain and Ireland. For sanitary districts in Thailand, see Sukhaphiban.
Sanitary districts were established in England and Wales in 1872 and in Ireland in 1878. The districts were of two types, based on existing structures:
- Urban sanitary districts in towns with existing local government bodies
- Rural sanitary districts in the remaining rural areas of poor law unions.
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Created by | Public Health Act 1872 Public Health Act 1875 Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878 |
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Each district was governed by a sanitary authority and was responsible for various public health matters such as providing clean drinking water, sewers, street cleaning, and clearing slum housing.
In England and Wales, both rural and urban sanitary districts were replaced in 1894 by the Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) by the more general rural districts and urban districts. A similar reform was carried out in Ireland in 1899 by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.