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War Surgery and Medicine

Analysis of Post-mortem Examinations Made at 1 General Hospital, Helwan, October 1941 to March 1944

Analysis of Post-mortem Examinations Made at 1 General Hospital, Helwan, October 1941 to March 1944

admissions
Surgical (incl over 2000 battle casualties) 10,500 approx
Medical 15,000 approx
Total (includes other than New Zealanders) 25,500
deaths 91
Post-mortems carried out—
On hospital deaths 90
‘Brought in dead’ 43
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CAUSES OF DEATH IN HOSPITAL
Battle casualties 21*
Pneumococcal infections 11
Following accidents 10
Following burns 6
Staphylococcal infections 6
Tuberculosis 4
Infective hepatitis 4
Typhoid fever 4
Typhus fever 3
Diphtheria 3
Malaria 1
Miscellaneous 18
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CAUSES OF DEATH OF SOLDIERS ‘BROUGHT IN DEAD’—
Murder 1
Suicide 8
Accident (vehicle and falls) 21
GSW (accidental) 3
Drowning 1
Natural causes 9
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