CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Burn (except sunburn or friction burn) × Liquid, Hot × Clear all
Admission cards3,357
Recorded as died2
With a place recorded85%

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: 15 cards (0.4%) Non-battle injury: 1,666 cards (49.6%) Battle casualty or injury: 30 cards (0.9%) Not recorded: 1,646 cards (49.0%) 3,357 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

273 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: 0 cards June 1943: 0 cards July 1943: 3 cards August 1943: 0 cards September 1943: 2 cards October 1943: 7 cards November 1943: 19 cards December 1943: 77 cards January 1944: 260 cards 1944 February 1944: 229 cards March 1944: 273 cards April 1944: 253 cards May 1944: 219 cards June 1944: 197 cards July 1944: 239 cards August 1944: 192 cards September 1944: 155 cards October 1944: 148 cards November 1944: 146 cards December 1944: 214 cards January 1945: 90 cards 1945 February 1945: 75 cards March 1945: 77 cards April 1945: 77 cards May 1945: 69 cards June 1945: 63 cards July 1945: 67 cards August 1945: 46 cards September 1945: 37 cards October 1945: 30 cards November 1945: 58 cards December 1945: 34 cards

1 cards record an admission before 1942 (men already in hospital) or a year outside the files, and are not charted.

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MonthCards
July 19433
September 19432
October 19437
November 194319
December 194377
January 1944260
February 1944229
March 1944273
April 1944253
May 1944219
June 1944197
July 1944239
August 1944192
September 1944155
October 1944148
November 1944146
December 1944214
January 194590
February 194575
March 194577
April 194577
May 194569
June 194563
July 194567
August 194546
September 194537
October 194530
November 194558
December 194534

Where admitted

Recorded on 85% of these cards · 361 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 51% of these cards · 77 distinct values