1918 – Historic Ipswich

The National Guard at Cable Hospital in Ipswich during the Spanish Flu epidemic

Timeline of the Flu Pandemic of 1918 in Ipswich

By Historic Ipswich on November 19, 2019 • ( 2 Comments )

By Monday September 27th, the Pandemic is raging and has made the front-page of the Ipswich Chronicle for the first time. In the 19 months of US involvement in the Great War, approximately 55,000 U.S. soldiers lose their lives in European combat. In nine weeks just prior to the end of the War, approximately 60,000 U.S. soldiers — back in camps within the United States — lose their lives to the Flu

The 1918 Spanish flu epidemic in Ipswich

By Historic Ipswich on November 22, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

Influenza made its appearance in Ipswich in September of 1918. The state authorities took over the hospital that Oct. 6, and erected 50 tents. The 15th Infantry was put to the task. It was estimated that there were at least 1,500 cases of the flu in Ipswich during the height of this disease with at least 66 deaths.