CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Wound, incised × Clear all
Admission cards2,396
Recorded as died23
With a place recorded65%

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: 52 cards (2.2%) Non-battle injury: 499 cards (20.8%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 237 cards (9.9%) Battle casualty or injury: 518 cards (21.6%) Not recorded: 1,090 cards (45.5%) 2,396 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

335 0 January 1942: 5 cards 1942 February 1942: 2 cards March 1942: 2 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 2 cards June 1942: 4 cards July 1942: 4 cards August 1942: 3 cards September 1942: 5 cards October 1942: 12 cards November 1942: 14 cards December 1942: 23 cards January 1943: 5 cards 1943 February 1943: 4 cards March 1943: 12 cards April 1943: 11 cards May 1943: 14 cards June 1943: 4 cards July 1943: 82 cards August 1943: 39 cards September 1943: 33 cards October 1943: 24 cards November 1943: 49 cards December 1943: 181 cards January 1944: 335 cards 1944 February 1944: 289 cards March 1944: 250 cards April 1944: 152 cards May 1944: 159 cards June 1944: 212 cards July 1944: 149 cards August 1944: 92 cards September 1944: 51 cards October 1944: 52 cards November 1944: 69 cards December 1944: 0 cards January 1945: 0 cards 1945 February 1945: 0 cards March 1945: 0 cards April 1945: 0 cards May 1945: 0 cards June 1945: 0 cards July 1945: 0 cards August 1945: 0 cards September 1945: 0 cards October 1945: 0 cards November 1945: 0 cards December 1945: 0 cards

38 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 14 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
January 19425
February 19422
March 19422
May 19422
June 19424
July 19424
August 19423
September 19425
October 194212
November 194214
December 194223
January 19435
February 19434
March 194312
April 194311
May 194314
June 19434
July 194382
August 194339
September 194333
October 194324
November 194349
December 1943181
January 1944335
February 1944289
March 1944250
April 1944152
May 1944159
June 1944212
July 1944149
August 194492
September 194451
October 194452
November 194469

Where admitted

Recorded on 65% of these cards · 314 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 98% of these cards · 125 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 54% of these cards · 52 distinct values