CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Fracture, compound, comminuted with no nerve or artery involvement × Clear all
Admission cards123,754
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded100%

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: 150 cards (0.1%) Non-battle injury: 15,657 cards (12.7%) Battle casualty or injury: 107,946 cards (87.2%) Not recorded: 1 cards (0.0%) 123,754 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

16,026 0 January 1942: 1 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 8 cards April 1942: 5 cards May 1942: 2 cards June 1942: 8 cards July 1942: 8 cards August 1942: 6 cards September 1942: 4 cards October 1942: 24 cards November 1942: 55 cards December 1942: 76 cards January 1943: 70 cards 1943 February 1943: 59 cards March 1943: 113 cards April 1943: 143 cards May 1943: 147 cards June 1943: 117 cards July 1943: 385 cards August 1943: 338 cards September 1943: 405 cards October 1943: 424 cards November 1943: 539 cards December 1943: 607 cards January 1944: 935 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,274 cards March 1944: 1,053 cards April 1944: 787 cards May 1944: 2,389 cards June 1944: 7,400 cards July 1944: 11,441 cards August 1944: 8,742 cards September 1944: 10,311 cards October 1944: 10,482 cards November 1944: 16,026 cards December 1944: 14,828 cards January 1945: 7,221 cards 1945 February 1945: 6,233 cards March 1945: 7,367 cards April 1945: 8,598 cards May 1945: 2,519 cards June 1945: 1,136 cards July 1945: 437 cards August 1945: 320 cards September 1945: 265 cards October 1945: 196 cards November 1945: 121 cards December 1945: 106 cards

5 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 18 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 19421
March 19428
April 19425
May 19422
June 19428
July 19428
August 19426
September 19424
October 194224
November 194255
December 194276
January 194370
February 194359
March 1943113
April 1943143
May 1943147
June 1943117
July 1943385
August 1943338
September 1943405
October 1943424
November 1943539
December 1943607
January 1944935
February 19441,274
March 19441,053
April 1944787
May 19442,389
June 19447,400
July 194411,441
August 19448,742
September 194410,311
October 194410,482
November 194416,026
December 194414,828
January 19457,221
February 19456,233
March 19457,367
April 19458,598
May 19452,519
June 19451,136
July 1945437
August 1945320
September 1945265
October 1945196
November 1945121
December 1945106

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 382 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 141 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 90 distinct values