1885 Antique rural Sanitary Authority Parochial Ledger Lincolnshire Vintage Book

Cover worn - 400+ - numbered to 227 but each number used twice. Sanitary districts were established in England and Wales in 1872. 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. 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 by the more general rural districts and urban districts.

Rural sanitary districts were formed in all areas without a town government. They followed the boundaries of existing poor law unions, less the areas of urban sanitary districts. Any subsequent change in the area of the union also changed the sanitary district. At the time of abolition in 1894, there were 572 rural sanitary districts. I specialise in works on paper of historic interest. This is one of a large number of ledgers I have - please browse my shop stock.