The following detailed table for the province of Leinster shows the enormous preponderance of fever-deaths in the cottages or cabins[497]. Only Dublin and Kilkenny have most of the deaths in their fever hospitals or public institutions; it was not until near the end of this decennial period, the year 1839, that workhouses, with their infirmaries, began to be provided for all the poor-law unions: _Fever Mortality in Leinster, 1831-41._ Deaths from Fever Deaths in Hospitals and from Fever Localities Public Institutions at home Total Carlow County 202 891 1093 Drogheda Town 1 238 239 Dublin County 111 1248 1359 Dublin City 6393 2369 8762 Kildare County 276 1068 1284 Kilkenny County 114 2378 2492 Kilkenny City 487 204 691 King’s County 126 1754 1880 Longford County 3 1265 1268 Louth County 1 1201 1202 Meath County 294 2151 2445 Queen’s County 84 1763 1847 Westmeath County 54 1550 1604 Wexford County 637 1736 2373 Wicklow County 280 1002 1282 -------------------------------------- 9063 20,758 29,821 The Great Famine and Epidemic Sicknesses of 1846-49.