London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1945
[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 |