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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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MISCELLANEOUS.
| Aspirations | 5 | |
| Incisions | 73 | |
| Skin graft | 5 | |
| Restitching of wound | 1 | |
| Stitchings | 4 | |
| Amputations | 6 | |
| Dissection of Glands | 3 | |
| Removal of Foreign Bodies | 5 | |
| Venesections | 1 | |
| Removal of cyst | 1 | |
| Excision of Wart | 1 | |
| Blood transfusion | 1 | |
| For bilateral ingrowing toenail | 1 | |
| Resection of colon | 1 | |
| Drainage of abscess | 1 | |
| Lumbar puncture | 1 | |
| Impression of mouth taken | 1 | |
| Alveolar ridge in canine region removed | 1 | |
| Number of patients who had teeth extracted | 203 | |
| Removal of Breast | 1 | |
| Intercostal drainage of Right Empyema | 1 | |
| Rib resection | 10 | |
| Total | 798 | |
RADIOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.
| NUMBER OF X-RAY FILMS TAKEN DURING THE YEAR 1932. | ||
| Spines | 97 | |
| Long bones | 475 | |
| Pelvis | 25 | |
| Skulls | 174 | |
| Chests (including lungs) | 264 | |
| Barium Meals | 232 | |
| Barium Enemata | 27 | |
| Urinary Tracts | 55 | |
| Gall-bladder | 26 | |
| Teeth | 6 | |
| Abdominal (? F. B.) | 3 | |
| Maternity Cases | 191 | |
| Total | 1,575 | |
MASSAGE DEPARTMENT.
| NUMBER OF TREATMENTS GIVEN DURING THE YEAR 1932. | |
| Massage | 4,239 |
| Exercises | 3,041 |
| Radiant Hea | 975 |
| Electrical Treatments (Farradism, Galvanism) | 1,254 |
| Diathermy | 259 |
| Ultra-Violet-Light | 784 |
| Total | 10,552 |