During the 19th century, local government reforms gradually removed the duties of running of the town's infrastructure and services from the vestry. The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 placed the workhouse in the care of a board of guardians at Epsom and the Local Government Act 1888 transferred many administrative responsibilities to the newly formed Surrey County Council. The Leatherhead Urban District Council (UDC) was formed six years later and in 1903 the county council was placed in charge of the town's National Schools. The Local Government Act 1972 created Mole Valley District Council (MVDC), by combining the UDCs of Leatherhead and Dorking with the majority of the Dorking and Horley Rural District.