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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Operations performed at Mayday Hospital during 1940.
| Abdominal. | |
|---|---|
| Appendicectomy. | 137 |
| Appendix abscess drained. | 5 |
| Suture of Perforated duodenal ulcer. | 8 |
| For perforated duodenal ulcer. | 2 |
| Sigmoidoscopy. | 3 |
| Herniotomy. | 70 |
| Cholecystectomy. | 21 |
| Laparotomy. | 36 |
| Gastrcenterostomy. | 2 |
| Cho1ecyst-gastrostomy. | 1 |
| Colostomy. | 7 |
| For Pyloric Stenosis . | 3 |
| Caecostomy. | 2 |
| Intus susception. | 1 |
| For intestinal obstruction. | 8 |
| For gastric ulcer. | 12 |
| Resection of colon. | 5 |
| Castro jejunostomy. | 2 |
| For anal fistula. | |
| Ligature of haemorrhoids. | 8 |
| Removal of anal tag. | 3 |
| For duodenal ulcer. | l |
| Drainage of abdo.wall abscess. | 1 |
| Torsion of omentum. | 1 |
| Spelectomy. | 1 |
| Repair of peptic ulcer. | 1 |
| 345 |
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| Bones and Joints. | |
|---|---|
| For Osteo-myelitis. | 3 |
| Amputation of limbs. | 9 |
| Wiring of bones. | 25 |
| Removal of pin. | 3 |
| Resection of rib. | 2 |
| Application of plaster. | 37 |
| Reduction of joints. | |
| Manipulation of limbs. | 6 |
| Removal of fibroma of left leg. | 1 |
| Removal of internal cartilage. | 3 |
| Bone graft. | 3 |
| Por Bilateral Hallux Valgus. | 1 |
| Osteotomy. | 2 |
| Internal Moniscotomy. | 1 |
| 103. | |
Ear, Nose and Throat.
| Mastoidectomy. | 12 |
| Tensi11ectomy. | 117 |
| For nasal polypi. | 1 |
| Myringotomy | 5 |
| 135 |