CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Fracture, simple, Not Elsewhere Classified (includes fracture, simple, and fracture unqualified) with nerve involvement only × Clear all
Admission cards2,726
Recorded as died173
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: 14 cards (0.5%) Non-battle injury: 1,579 cards (57.9%) Battle casualty or injury: 1,119 cards (41.0%) Not recorded: 14 cards (0.5%) 2,726 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

224 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 2 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 0 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 3 cards December 1942: 4 cards January 1943: 0 cards 1943 February 1943: 0 cards March 1943: 1 cards April 1943: 5 cards May 1943: 4 cards June 1943: 6 cards July 1943: 16 cards August 1943: 8 cards September 1943: 18 cards October 1943: 16 cards November 1943: 39 cards December 1943: 18 cards January 1944: 33 cards 1944 February 1944: 40 cards March 1944: 66 cards April 1944: 38 cards May 1944: 64 cards June 1944: 125 cards July 1944: 180 cards August 1944: 186 cards September 1944: 212 cards October 1944: 173 cards November 1944: 224 cards December 1944: 185 cards January 1945: 94 cards 1945 February 1945: 80 cards March 1945: 137 cards April 1945: 154 cards May 1945: 132 cards June 1945: 124 cards July 1945: 80 cards August 1945: 69 cards September 1945: 74 cards October 1945: 43 cards November 1945: 36 cards December 1945: 35 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
February 19422
November 19423
December 19424
March 19431
April 19435
May 19434
June 19436
July 194316
August 19438
September 194318
October 194316
November 194339
December 194318
January 194433
February 194440
March 194466
April 194438
May 194464
June 1944125
July 1944180
August 1944186
September 1944212
October 1944173
November 1944224
December 1944185
January 194594
February 194580
March 1945137
April 1945154
May 1945132
June 1945124
July 194580
August 194569
September 194574
October 194543
November 194536
December 194535

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 165 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 95 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 73 distinct values