List of rural districts in England and Wales 1894–1930
The following is a list of the areas in England and Wales which became rural sanitary districts when the Public Health Act 1875 came into force in 1875. Sanitary districts were based on poor law unions, and frequently contained areas in more than one county.
Note for table: 'RSD' stands for Rural Sanitary District, 'LGD' stands for Local Government District, 'MB' stands for Municipal Borough and 'CB' stands for County Borough.
1875
Previous rural sanitary districts
RSDs abolished prior to 1894 were:Rural Sanitary District | County | Created | Abolished | Successor |
| West Ham RSD | Essex | 1875 | 1886 | East Ham LGD |
| Witham RSD | Essex | 1875 | 1883 | absorbed by Braintree RSD and Maldon RSD |
| Chorlton RSD | Lancashire | 1875 | by 1888 | ???? LGD |
| Radford RSD | Nottinghamshire | 1875 | 1880 | absorbed by Nottingham MB |
| Richmond RSD | Surrey | 1875 | 1893 | Barnes LGD |