CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Sprain, of joint × Infantry (or possibly Quartermaster) × Clear all
Admission cards3,144
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded88%

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): 1,411 cards (44.9%) Battle casualty or injury: 1,733 cards (55.1%) 3,144 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

435 0 January 1942: 5 cards 1942 February 1942: 2 cards March 1942: 3 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 5 cards June 1942: 27 cards July 1942: 36 cards August 1942: 51 cards September 1942: 48 cards October 1942: 63 cards November 1942: 96 cards December 1942: 57 cards January 1943: 26 cards 1943 February 1943: 68 cards March 1943: 187 cards April 1943: 211 cards May 1943: 89 cards June 1943: 22 cards July 1943: 322 cards August 1943: 240 cards September 1943: 293 cards October 1943: 179 cards November 1943: 290 cards December 1943: 435 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

384 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
January 19425
February 19422
March 19423
May 19425
June 194227
July 194236
August 194251
September 194248
October 194263
November 194296
December 194257
January 194326
February 194368
March 1943187
April 1943211
May 194389
June 194322
July 1943322
August 1943240
September 1943293
October 1943179
November 1943290
December 1943435

Where admitted

Recorded on 88% of these cards · 72 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 108 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values