CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Fracture, simple, comminuted, with no nerve or artery involvement × Clear all
Admission cards7,085
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded100%

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: 100 cards (1.4%) Non-battle injury: 5,097 cards (71.9%) Battle casualty or injury: 1,888 cards (26.6%) 7,085 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

523 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 2 cards May 1942: 6 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 6 cards August 1942: 0 cards September 1942: 4 cards October 1942: 4 cards November 1942: 6 cards December 1942: 7 cards January 1943: 7 cards 1943 February 1943: 12 cards March 1943: 23 cards April 1943: 38 cards May 1943: 27 cards June 1943: 48 cards July 1943: 43 cards August 1943: 78 cards September 1943: 64 cards October 1943: 80 cards November 1943: 117 cards December 1943: 109 cards January 1944: 156 cards 1944 February 1944: 132 cards March 1944: 165 cards April 1944: 166 cards May 1944: 185 cards June 1944: 454 cards July 1944: 371 cards August 1944: 478 cards September 1944: 393 cards October 1944: 375 cards November 1944: 429 cards December 1944: 523 cards January 1945: 280 cards 1945 February 1945: 226 cards March 1945: 355 cards April 1945: 365 cards May 1945: 311 cards June 1945: 276 cards July 1945: 201 cards August 1945: 167 cards September 1945: 126 cards October 1945: 107 cards November 1945: 86 cards December 1945: 71 cards

1 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 5 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
April 19422
May 19426
July 19426
September 19424
October 19424
November 19426
December 19427
January 19437
February 194312
March 194323
April 194338
May 194327
June 194348
July 194343
August 194378
September 194364
October 194380
November 1943117
December 1943109
January 1944156
February 1944132
March 1944165
April 1944166
May 1944185
June 1944454
July 1944371
August 1944478
September 1944393
October 1944375
November 1944429
December 1944523
January 1945280
February 1945226
March 1945355
April 1945365
May 1945311
June 1945276
July 1945201
August 1945167
September 1945126
October 1945107
November 194586
December 194571

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 335 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 107 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 82 distinct values