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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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BONES AND JOINTS.
| Pin through os calcis for fracture | 5 |
| Mobilization of joints | 6 |
| Osteo Myelitis | 2 |
| Plating of fractures | 1 |
| Wiring of fractures | 1 |
| Replacement of dislocated patella | 1 |
| Plasters | 7 |
| Bone Graft | 3 |
| Application of Ice Tongs caliper | |
| Arthrodesis | 1 |
| Extension to leg | 1 |
| Osteotomy | 1 |
| Irrigation of joints | 1 |
| Sequestrectomy | 1 |
| 32 |
GENITO URINARY.
| Supra pubic puncture | 1 |
| Cystoscopy | 5 |
| For Hydronephrosis | 1 |
| Supra pubic Lithotomy | 1 |
| Hydrocele | |
| Dilatation of Urethral Stricture | 6 |
| Prostatectomy | 1 2 |
| Circumcision | 5 |
| Pyelograms | 5 |
| 23 |
ABDOMINAL.
| Resection of Gut for Tuberculosis | 1 |
| Appendicectomy | 90 |
| Caecostomy | 4 |
| Hernia | 16 |
| Intussusception | 2 |
| Paracentesis Abdominus | 5 |
| Sigmoidoscopy | 3 |
| Haemorrhoids | 1 |
| Removal of anal growth | 1 |
| Excision of Rectum | 1 |
| Faecal fistula | 1 |
| Resection of pelvic colon | 1 |
| Splenectomy | 1 |
| Perforation of gastric ulcer | 2 |
| Gastro Enterostomy | 1 |
| Cholecystectomy | 3 |
| Colostomy | 6 |
| 139 |