How many people in the UK died from the Spanish Flu in 1918-19?

• A. 1,000,000
• B. 280,000
• C. 50,000
• D. 800,000

Answer: (B)

The number reflects the scale of the Spanish Flu’s impact across the UK in 1918–19. In England and Wales alone, about 228,000 people died. When you add Scotland and Ireland, the total rises into the low-to-mid hundreds of thousands, a figure commonly cited around 275–300 thousand. Rounding to a whole figure that matches these estimates, about 280,000 is the best fit for the UK’s death toll.

The other options don’t align with how historians estimate the period: a figure around a million would be unrealistically high for the UK at that time, while 50,000 is far too low to account for the regional totals, and 800,000 is also beyond the credible range for the country.