The flu pandemic that spread throughout the world in 1918-1919 may have killed more people than the medieval Black Death.
The Spanish Flu Epidemic Raged in Massachusetts in 1918
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The 1918 Flu Epidemic in Ipswich
An estimated 1,500 cases of the so-called "Spanish flu in Ipswich resulted in at least 66 deaths. It is believed that the country reached herd immunity after the virus mutated to a less lethal variant. By the end of the pandemic, the average life expectancy had been shortened by 12 years!
Historic Ipswich 