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) × Clear all
Admission cards14,117
Recorded as died85
With a place recorded83%

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: 41 cards (0.3%) Non-battle injury: 5,250 cards (37.2%) Battle casualty or injury: 5,148 cards (36.5%) Not recorded: 3,678 cards (26.1%) 14,117 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,407 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: 1 cards January 1943: 1 cards 1943 February 1943: 2 cards March 1943: 4 cards April 1943: 6 cards May 1943: 6 cards June 1943: 6 cards July 1943: 22 cards August 1943: 26 cards September 1943: 30 cards October 1943: 47 cards November 1943: 84 cards December 1943: 234 cards January 1944: 825 cards 1944 February 1944: 823 cards March 1944: 868 cards April 1944: 760 cards May 1944: 855 cards June 1944: 1,088 cards July 1944: 1,407 cards August 1944: 1,063 cards September 1944: 1,005 cards October 1944: 886 cards November 1944: 829 cards December 1944: 929 cards January 1945: 292 cards 1945 February 1945: 264 cards March 1945: 339 cards April 1945: 388 cards May 1945: 265 cards June 1945: 244 cards July 1945: 172 cards August 1945: 125 cards September 1945: 77 cards October 1945: 72 cards November 1945: 44 cards December 1945: 23 cards

1 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 4 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
December 19421
January 19431
February 19432
March 19434
April 19436
May 19436
June 19436
July 194322
August 194326
September 194330
October 194347
November 194384
December 1943234
January 1944825
February 1944823
March 1944868
April 1944760
May 1944855
June 19441,088
July 19441,407
August 19441,063
September 19441,005
October 1944886
November 1944829
December 1944929
January 1945292
February 1945264
March 1945339
April 1945388
May 1945265
June 1945244
July 1945172
August 1945125
September 194577
October 194572
November 194544
December 194523

Where admitted

Recorded on 83% of these cards · 427 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 135 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 74% of these cards · 98 distinct values