Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Appendicectomy | 189 |
Sigmoidoscopy | 16 |
Herniotomy | 126 |
Cholecystectomy | 20 |
Laparotomy | 81 |
Gastroenterostomy | 2 |
Colostomy | 14 |
Perforated gastric ulcer | 15 |
Injection of haemorrhoids | 6 |
Haemorrhoidectomy | 24 |
Perforated duodenal ulcer | 15 |
Gastroscopy | 14 |
Undescended testicle | 3 |
Orchidectomy | 1 |
For hydrocele | 3 |
Gastrectomy | 1 |
Rammstedt's operation | 4 |
Splenectomy | 1 |
Intussusception | 1 |
Gastro jejunostomy | 4 |
Repair of liver | 1 |
541 | |
BONES AND JOINTS. | |
For osteo-myelitis | 2 |
Amputation of limbs | 13 |
Wiring of bones | 9 |
Removal of pin | 2 |
Resection of rib | 11 |
Application of plaster | 39 |
Reduction of joints | 8 |
Manipulation of limbs | 49 |
Osteotomy | 2 |
Removal of Sequestrum | 7 |
Division of webbed phalanges | 1 |
Excision of coccyx | 3 |
Hallux valgus | 2 |
Arthrodesis left hip | 1 |
149 | |
EAR, NOSE AND THROAT. | |
Tonsillectomy | 1,023 |
Adenoidectomy | 14 |
Osophagoscopy | 1 |
Mastoidectomy | 10 |
Bronchoscopy | 1 |
Repair of hare lip | 3 |
Nasal septum cauterised | 1 |
Tonsil tags | 8 |
1,061 |