After this nineteen pavilions of red and white striped brick were set up for the fever hospital.
During the famine an additional 200 people were accommodated in the workhouse and a fever hospital was built on the site around this time.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the establishment of public health measures to control infectious diseases included the building of fever hospitals.
The fever hospital still stands and is now the Manse or residence of the Presbyterian minister.
Oh dear,' she said, 'you did know this was a fever hospital, didn't you?
The Beaufort works house eventually became a fever hospital in 1902 and has since been demolished.
In 1798 he was appointed as the chief doctor at the fever hospital.
Also he needed help, and the fever hospital was a good place to begin seeking more detailed local knowledge.
The local authorities took over infirmaries and fever hospitals, while the workhouses became public assistance institutions.
He got up, unhurried, and walked through the corridors of the fever hospital.