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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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OPERATIONS PERFORMED AT MAYDAY HOSPITAL DURING 194G
ABDOMINAL.
Appendicectomy 179
Appendix abscess drained 5
Sigmoidoscopy 24
Herniotomy 103
Cholecystectomy 15
Laparotomy 77
Gastro-enterostomy 8
Colostomy 17
Perforated gastric ulcer 21
Injection of haemorrhoids 2
Haemorrhoidectomy 18
Perforated duodenal ulcer 10
Gastroscopy 29
Undescended testicle 2
Orchidectomy 3
For hydrocele 8
Gastrectomy 1
Resection of gut 2
Intussusception 1
Gastro jejunostomy 4
Fistula-in-ano 4
Resection of colon 2
Inguinal fistula 1
Ca. of splenic flexure 1
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BONES AND JOINTS.
For osteo-myelitis 2
Amputation of limbs 8
Wiring of bones 17
Resection of rib 7
Application of plaster 44
Reduction of joints 13
Manipulation of limbs 19
Removal of Sequestrum 2
Division of webbed phalanges 1
Bone graft 2
Genu-varum 1
Prepatellar bursa 2
Excision of coccyx 2
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EAR, NOSE AND THROAT.
Tonsillectomy 972
Adenoidectomy 2
Thyroidectomy 5
Mastoidectomy 14
Pinna for section 1
Repair of hare lip 10
Tonsil tags 4
Nasal septum cauterised 4
Removal of aural polyp. 5
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