CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards880
Recorded as died6
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: 630 cards (71.6%) Non-battle injury: 30 cards (3.4%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 18 cards (2.0%) Not recorded: 202 cards (23.0%) 880 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

60 0 January 1942: 4 cards 1942 February 1942: 11 cards March 1942: 5 cards April 1942: 9 cards May 1942: 10 cards June 1942: 10 cards July 1942: 10 cards August 1942: 6 cards September 1942: 8 cards October 1942: 7 cards November 1942: 17 cards December 1942: 10 cards January 1943: 5 cards 1943 February 1943: 5 cards March 1943: 9 cards April 1943: 13 cards May 1943: 17 cards June 1943: 21 cards July 1943: 18 cards August 1943: 51 cards September 1943: 20 cards October 1943: 21 cards November 1943: 21 cards December 1943: 25 cards January 1944: 52 cards 1944 February 1944: 60 cards March 1944: 48 cards April 1944: 43 cards May 1944: 40 cards June 1944: 30 cards July 1944: 31 cards August 1944: 23 cards September 1944: 15 cards October 1944: 10 cards November 1944: 17 cards December 1944: 17 cards January 1945: 13 cards 1945 February 1945: 11 cards March 1945: 5 cards April 1945: 13 cards May 1945: 9 cards June 1945: 10 cards July 1945: 7 cards August 1945: 15 cards September 1945: 10 cards October 1945: 20 cards November 1945: 17 cards December 1945: 14 cards

17 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 19424
February 194211
March 19425
April 19429
May 194210
June 194210
July 194210
August 19426
September 19428
October 19427
November 194217
December 194210
January 19435
February 19435
March 19439
April 194313
May 194317
June 194321
July 194318
August 194351
September 194320
October 194321
November 194321
December 194325
January 194452
February 194460
March 194448
April 194443
May 194440
June 194430
July 194431
August 194423
September 194415
October 194410
November 194417
December 194417
January 194513
February 194511
March 19455
April 194513
May 19459
June 194510
July 19457
August 194515
September 194510
October 194520
November 194517
December 194514

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 83% of these cards · 279 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 9% of these cards · 37 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 74% of these cards · 48 distinct values