CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Scarlet fever × Clear all
Admission cards10,350
Recorded as died71
With a place recorded91%

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: 3,240 cards (31.3%) Non-battle injury: 2 cards (0.0%) Not recorded: 7,108 cards (68.7%) 10,350 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,768 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 3 cards April 1942: 2 cards May 1942: 7 cards June 1942: 4 cards July 1942: 2 cards August 1942: 7 cards September 1942: 5 cards October 1942: 3 cards November 1942: 8 cards December 1942: 10 cards January 1943: 0 cards 1943 February 1943: 12 cards March 1943: 11 cards April 1943: 21 cards May 1943: 14 cards June 1943: 18 cards July 1943: 5 cards August 1943: 6 cards September 1943: 8 cards October 1943: 7 cards November 1943: 59 cards December 1943: 883 cards January 1944: 1,496 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,677 cards March 1944: 1,768 cards April 1944: 1,322 cards May 1944: 949 cards June 1944: 289 cards July 1944: 144 cards August 1944: 95 cards September 1944: 58 cards October 1944: 154 cards November 1944: 171 cards December 1944: 251 cards January 1945: 106 cards 1945 February 1945: 197 cards March 1945: 136 cards April 1945: 130 cards May 1945: 98 cards June 1945: 46 cards July 1945: 31 cards August 1945: 18 cards September 1945: 19 cards October 1945: 30 cards November 1945: 25 cards December 1945: 42 cards

2 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 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
March 19423
April 19422
May 19427
June 19424
July 19422
August 19427
September 19425
October 19423
November 19428
December 194210
February 194312
March 194311
April 194321
May 194314
June 194318
July 19435
August 19436
September 19438
October 19437
November 194359
December 1943883
January 19441,496
February 19441,677
March 19441,768
April 19441,322
May 1944949
June 1944289
July 1944144
August 194495
September 194458
October 1944154
November 1944171
December 1944251
January 1945106
February 1945197
March 1945136
April 1945130
May 194598
June 194546
July 194531
August 194518
September 194519
October 194530
November 194525
December 194542

Where admitted

Recorded on 91% of these cards · 426 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 0% of these cards · 13 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 31% of these cards · 94 distinct values