Rotherham Rural District Council Act, 1931
WHEREAS the rural district of Rotherham in the west riding of the county of York (in this Act referred to as "the district") is under the jurisdiction of the rural district council of Rotherham (in this Act referred to as "the Council") and comprises seventeen parishes in some of which extensive building developments are proceeding for the control of which the existing powers of the Council under the Public Health Acts are insufficient :

And whereas it is expedient to make further and better...