CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Other conditions of the Bones and Organs of Movement: Deformities due to previous disease or injury NEC (not elsewhere classified) × Clear all
Admission cards18,833
Recorded as died2
With a place recorded97%

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: 10,212 cards (54.2%) Non-battle injury: 18 cards (0.1%) Battle casualty or injury: 1 cards (0.0%) Not recorded: 8,602 cards (45.7%) 18,833 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

2,281 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 2 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 0 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 1 cards December 1942: 0 cards January 1943: 5 cards 1943 February 1943: 2 cards March 1943: 1 cards April 1943: 3 cards May 1943: 5 cards June 1943: 14 cards July 1943: 29 cards August 1943: 79 cards September 1943: 150 cards October 1943: 248 cards November 1943: 383 cards December 1943: 733 cards January 1944: 1,323 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,100 cards March 1944: 1,034 cards April 1944: 1,057 cards May 1944: 1,375 cards June 1944: 1,257 cards July 1944: 1,410 cards August 1944: 1,626 cards September 1944: 2,281 cards October 1944: 2,117 cards November 1944: 1,401 cards December 1944: 1,195 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

2 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
May 19422
November 19421
January 19435
February 19432
March 19431
April 19433
May 19435
June 194314
July 194329
August 194379
September 1943150
October 1943248
November 1943383
December 1943733
January 19441,323
February 19441,100
March 19441,034
April 19441,057
May 19441,375
June 19441,257
July 19441,410
August 19441,626
September 19442,281
October 19442,117
November 19441,401
December 19441,195

Where admitted

Recorded on 97% of these cards · 485 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 1% of these cards · 53 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 54% of these cards · 72 distinct values