Note for table: 'ICD' stands for improvement commissioners district.
Pre-1848 Post-1848 Converted into urban districts in 1894 By 1894 many earlier bodies of improvement commissioners had been replaced by local boards or borough corporations. There were 30 towns across England and Wales where the improvement commissioners were still the primary form of local government, acting as the urban sanitary authority. These districts, all
converted into urban districts under the
Local Government Act 1894, were:{{cite book |series=Sessional Papers |volume=HC 1893–94 lxxvii (437) 461 |date=6 November 1893 |title=Return showing [...] the Urban Sanitary Districts of England and Wales, arranged according to Administrative Counties, with their Areas and Population, and the Nature of their Local Government whether Municipal Borough, Improvement Act District, or Local Government District [...] |publisher=HMSO |location=London |pages=6–14 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQBHAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA6-PA6 •
Abergavenny •
Bethesda •
Bilston •
Bingley •
Bradford-on-Avon •
Crediton •
Downham Market •
Fleetwood •
Hove •
Kington •
Knaresborough •
Leek •
Llandudno •
Lytham •
Maryport •
Milford Haven •
Milton-next-Sittingbourne •
Newton-in-Makerfield •
Oundle •
Rhyl •
Ross-on-Wye •
Runcorn •
Spalding •
Stourbridge •
Surbiton •
Walton-on-the-Naze •
Wantage •
Wells-next-the-Sea •
Wellington •
Whittlesey ==Sources==