CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Fracture, simple × Infantry (or possibly Quartermaster) × Clear all
Admission cards4,628
Recorded as died306
With a place recorded93%

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

Injury (battle status not recorded): 2,659 cards (57.5%) Battle casualty or injury: 1,969 cards (42.5%) 4,628 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

458 0 January 1942: 34 cards 1942 February 1942: 23 cards March 1942: 22 cards April 1942: 20 cards May 1942: 27 cards June 1942: 51 cards July 1942: 46 cards August 1942: 62 cards September 1942: 80 cards October 1942: 94 cards November 1942: 196 cards December 1942: 158 cards January 1943: 88 cards 1943 February 1943: 99 cards March 1943: 165 cards April 1943: 229 cards May 1943: 136 cards June 1943: 130 cards July 1943: 430 cards August 1943: 268 cards September 1943: 308 cards October 1943: 286 cards November 1943: 359 cards December 1943: 458 cards January 1944: 0 cards 1944 February 1944: 0 cards March 1944: 0 cards April 1944: 0 cards May 1944: 0 cards June 1944: 0 cards July 1944: 0 cards August 1944: 0 cards September 1944: 0 cards October 1944: 0 cards November 1944: 0 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

793 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 66 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 194234
February 194223
March 194222
April 194220
May 194227
June 194251
July 194246
August 194262
September 194280
October 194294
November 1942196
December 1942158
January 194388
February 194399
March 1943165
April 1943229
May 1943136
June 1943130
July 1943430
August 1943268
September 1943308
October 1943286
November 1943359
December 1943458

Where admitted

Recorded on 93% of these cards · 207 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 146 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values