Medical Services in New Zealand and The Pacific
X: Statistics, NZEF (IP) — INCIDENCE OF WOUNDS AND DISEASE
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X: Statistics, NZEF (IP)
INCIDENCE OF WOUNDS AND DISEASE
(Strength of Force about 17,000)
Battle Casualties
|
Villa Lavella |
Treasury |
Nissan |
Total |
| Killed in action |
44 |
32 |
9 |
85 |
| Died of wounds |
3 |
7 |
2 |
12 |
| Wounded |
36 |
132 |
21 |
189 |
Deaths
| Accidental injuries |
34 |
| Sickness: |
|
| Pneumonia |
4 |
| Heart disease |
2 |
| Tuberculosis |
1 |
| Other |
9 |
|
— |
|
16 |
Admissions to Hospital (incl Fd Ambs and CCS), June 1943–July 1944
| PRINCIPAL DISEASES |
|
INJURIES |
|
| Skin disease |
1930 |
Accidental injuries |
1291 |
| Malaria |
398 |
Burns |
206 |
| Dengue |
372 |
Hernia |
81 |
| Dysentery |
281 |
|
|
| Diarrhoea |
213 |
|
|
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| Septic sore |
547 |
|
|
| Infective hepatitis |
85 |
|
|
| Mental |
160 |
|
|
| Nervous |
233 |
|
|
| Eye |
108 |
|
|
| Otitis media |
79 |
|
|
| Sinusitis |
97 |
|
|
| Asthma |
90 |
|
|
| Infected tonsils |
331 |
|
|
| Appendicitis |
186 |
|
|
| Peptic conditions |
210 |
|
|
| Gonorrhoea |
44 |
|
|
| Ankylostomiasis |
166 |
|
|
| Gastro-enteritis |
207 |
|
|
| PUO |
241 |
|
|
| Pneumonia |
19 |
|
|
| Diphtheria |
5 |
|
|
| Influenza |
238 |
|
|
| TB Pulmonary |
8 |
|
|
| Enteric fever |
28 |
|
|
Deaths in Pacific Forces
|
Sick |
Accidental Injuries |
| NZEF (IP): 3 Division, etc. |
16 |
34 |
| Fiji: B Force, etc. |
4 |
6 |
| Tonga: T Force |
5 |
1 |
| Norfolk: N Force |
1 |
2 |
|
— |
— |
|
26 |
43 |
NZEF (IP) – Analysis of Wounds, 3 Division
parts of body wounded
| Abdomen |
2 |
| Chest |
19 |
| Head |
15 |
| Face |
8 |
| Neck |
2 |
| Eye |
1 |
| Ear – blast |
7 |
| Ear – other |
2 |
| Shoulder and upper arm |
16 |
| Elbow and forearm |
8 |
| Arm (undefined) |
7 |
| Wrist |
2 |
| Hand |
4 |
| Thigh |
16 |
| Knee |
9 |
| Legs |
12 |
| Foot |
8 |
| Back |
9 |
| Sacral |
3 |
| Buttock |
11 |
| General |
7 |
| Unknown |
21 |
| Unknown (remained with unit) |
23 |
|
— |
|
212 |
– 93 –
missiles causing wound
| GSW (presumed mostly rifle) |
68 |
| Grenade |
32 |
| Shrapnel (?mortar) |
20 |
| Mortar |
22 |
| Shell |
12 |
| Bomb blast |
8 |
| Bomb |
7 |
| Aerial bomb |
1 |
| Machine gun |
2 |
| Unknown |
10 |
| Unknown (remained with unit) |
23 |
|
— |
|
205 |
3 NZ Division – Hospital Class Cases Returned to New Caledonia from the Solomons
|
Battle Casualties |
Other |
Total |
| Sep 1943 |
|
9 |
9 |
| Oct |
12 |
36 |
48 |
| Nov |
51 |
89 |
140 |
| Dec |
3 |
133 |
136 |
| Jan 1944 |
1 |
199 |
200 |
| Feb |
4 |
152 |
156 |
| Mar |
6 |
130 |
136 |
| Apr |
|
180 |
180 |
| May |
|
178 |
178 |
|
— |
— |
— |
|
77 |
1106 |
1183 |
| Invalided to NZ |
32 |
1001 |
From all NZEF (IP) January 1943–August 1944. |
| Graded for Base |
15 |
1804 |
|
Note: In Division total killed in action was 85, died of wounds 12, wounded 189 – mostly in October-November 1943.
NZEF (IP) – Medical Boardings to 31 May 1944
| Disability |
For Return to New Zealand |
For Base Duties |
| Asthma |
85 |
48 |
| Arthritis |
44 |
68 |
| Accidental injuries |
88 |
176 |
| Circulatory system |
34 |
48 |
| Communicable disease |
2 |
3 |
| Digestive system |
42 |
1 |
| Dysentery |
2 |
1 |
| Ear |
27 |
120 |
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| Enteritis |
5 |
3 |
| Epilepsy |
10 |
2 |
| Eyes |
12 |
56 |
| Fibrositis |
18 |
51 |
| Genito-urinary |
30 |
30 |
| Headaches |
15 |
48 |
| Hernia |
4 |
18 |
| Joints – diseases of |
69 |
131 |
| Mental – General |
63 |
59 |
| Mental – Neurosis |
167 |
208 |
| Nose |
17 |
35 |
| Pes planus and cavus |
13 |
103 |
| Post-concussional |
1 |
3 |
| Physical exhaustion |
23 |
50 |
| Rectal |
1 |
3 |
| Respiratory |
32 |
21 |
| Skin diseases |
115 |
250 |
| Surgical history |
14 |
29 |
| Throat |
|
8 |
| Varicose veins |
4 |
23 |
| Battle casualties |
32 |
15 |
| Malaria |
3 |
|
| No disability |
|
60 |
| Miscellaneous |
29 |
63 |
|
— |
— |
|
1001 |
1734 |
Some 60 officers are not included in the totals of those graded for base duties. Some of those graded for base duties were probably reboarded later for return to New Zealand, in which case they would also be counted in the first column.
Medical Boarding – Other Than Grade A
|
|
Of Those for Essential Industry Per Cent |
|
Of Those for Leave Per Cent |
| Grade A2 |
33 |
0.338 |
169 |
3.715 |
| B |
66 |
0.676 |
113 |
2.497 |
| C |
257 |
2.633 |
161 |
3.779 |
| D |
3 |
0.03 |
83 |
1.834 |
|
— |
—— |
—— |
—— |
|
359 |
3.677 |
526 |
11.825 |
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