and condition of the various municipalities under its control. In 1878 Ireland was divided into sanitary districts, with all commissioners in towns with a population of more than 6000 becoming urban sanitary authorities. The Local Government Board had the power to designate additional towns with commissioners as sanitary districts. Towns governed under the 1854 Act There were 76 such towns in 1881: Arklow, County Wicklow Athy, County Kildare Ardee, County Louth Athlone, County Roscommon and County Westmeath Antrim, County Antrim Aughnacloy, County Tyrone Bagenalstown, County Carlow Balbriggan, County Dublin Ballymena, County Antrim Ballymoney, County Antrim Belturbet, County Cavan Ballyshannon, County Donegal Banbridge, County Down Bangor, County Down Ballybay, County Monaghan Ballinasloe, County Galway and County Roscommon Ballina, County Mayo Boyle, County Roscommon Carlow, County Carlow Callan, County Kilkenny Clonakilty, County Cork Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary Cashel, County Tipperary Cavan, County Cavan Cootehill, County Cavan Coleraine, County Londonderry Carrickmacross, County Monaghan Castleblayney, County Monaghan Clones, County Monaghan Cookstown, County Tyrone Castlebar, County Mayo Dundalk, County Louth Dromore, County Down Enniscorthy, County Wexford Ennis, County Clare Fermoy, County Cork Gorey, County Wexford Gilford, County Down Holywood, County Down Killiney and Ballybrack, County Dublin Kells, County Meath Kinsale, County Cork Keady, County Antrim Killarney, County Kerry Longford, County Longford Lismore, County Waterford Larne, County Antrim Lisburn, County Antrim and County Down Lurgan, County Armagh Letterkenny, County Donegal Limavady, County Londonderry Loughrea, County Galway Maryborough, Queen's County Mountmellick, Queen's County Mullingar, County Westmeath Midleton, County Cork Naas, County Kildare Newbridge, County Kildare Navan, County Meath New Ross, County Wexford Nenagh, County Tipperary Newtownards, County Down Parsontown, King's County Portadown, County Armagh Rathkeale, County Limerick Roscommon, County Roscommon Skibbereen, County Cork Strabane, County Tyrone Tullamore, King's County Trim, County Meath Templemore, County Tipperary Thurles, County Tipperary Tipperary, County Tipperary Tandragee, County Antrim Tuam, County Galway Westport, County Mayo According to the 1878 report of The Local Government Board, the 1854 Act was adopted in Strandtown, County Antrim on 25 February 1878. However the town is not listed in later reports, and was subsequently incorporated into the borough of Belfast. Towns governed under the 1828 Act Only 11 towns were still governed by the act: Armagh, County Armagh Bandon, County Cork Downpatrick, County Down Dungannon, County Tyrone Fethard, County Tipperary Mallow, County Cork Monaghan, County Monaghan Omagh, County Tyrone Tralee, County Kerry Wicklow, County Wicklow Youghal, County Cork Towns and Townships under Special Acts There were 14