CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Retained foreign body, New (retained foreign body is a traumatism) × Foreign Object × Clear all
Admission cards6,442
Recorded as died4
With a place recorded94%

Counts are admission cards, not individual soldiers or totals. The Army kept battle casualties at 100% and sampled other admissions at 20–80%, and sampling differs by year — compare shares within a year, not raw counts across years.

Type of case

Disease: 21 cards (0.3%) Non-battle injury: 3,541 cards (55.0%) Battle casualty or injury: 348 cards (5.4%) Not recorded: 2,532 cards (39.3%) 6,442 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

518 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 0 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 0 cards December 1942: 0 cards January 1943: 0 cards 1943 February 1943: 0 cards March 1943: 0 cards April 1943: 0 cards May 1943: 1 cards June 1943: 3 cards July 1943: 7 cards August 1943: 6 cards September 1943: 6 cards October 1943: 8 cards November 1943: 25 cards December 1943: 99 cards January 1944: 518 cards 1944 February 1944: 448 cards March 1944: 503 cards April 1944: 453 cards May 1944: 507 cards June 1944: 513 cards July 1944: 507 cards August 1944: 478 cards September 1944: 468 cards October 1944: 357 cards November 1944: 303 cards December 1944: 331 cards January 1945: 93 cards 1945 February 1945: 91 cards March 1945: 121 cards April 1945: 118 cards May 1945: 102 cards June 1945: 91 cards July 1945: 73 cards August 1945: 66 cards September 1945: 44 cards October 1945: 49 cards November 1945: 34 cards December 1945: 19 cards

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MonthCards
May 19431
June 19433
July 19437
August 19436
September 19436
October 19438
November 194325
December 194399
January 1944518
February 1944448
March 1944503
April 1944453
May 1944507
June 1944513
July 1944507
August 1944478
September 1944468
October 1944357
November 1944303
December 1944331
January 194593
February 194591
March 1945121
April 1945118
May 1945102
June 194591
July 194573
August 194566
September 194544
October 194549
November 194534
December 194519

Where admitted

Recorded on 94% of these cards · 403 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 61% of these cards · 84 distinct values