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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
West Ham 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Table VII.
Whipps Cross Hospital. Operations performed, 1937.
| Operations performed. | Operations performed. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Abdominal operations:— | Eye, ear, nose and throat operations:— | ||
| Appendix—emergency | 299 | ||
| „ —interval | 67 | Operations on eyes | 20 |
| „ —abscess | 1 | Mastoid operation | 79 |
| Perforated gastric ulcer | 25 | Myringotomy | 2 |
| ,, pyloric ulcer | 10 | Operations on nose | 9 |
| ,, duodenal ulcer | 19 | „ on sinuses | 10 |
| Gastro-enterostomy | 5 | „ on ear | 1 |
| ,, -jejunostomy | 4 | For tonsils and adenoids | 54 |
| Other gastric | 4 | ||
| Small gut obstruction | 9 | 175 | |
| Colostomy | 26 | ||
| Caecostomy | 6 | ||
| Closure of caecostomy | 2 | ||
| Intussusception | 6 | ||
| Volvulus | 4 | chest operations:- | |
| Diverticulitis | 5 | For empyema | 28 |
| Gall bladder operations | 16 | ||
| Acute pancreatitis | 4 | 28 | |
| Other laparotomy:— | |||
| emergency | 47 | ||
| interval | 27 | ||
| Operations for abscesses:— | |||
| 586 | Pelvic | 2 | |
| Breast | 31 | ||
| Bartholin's | 5 | ||
| Ischio-rectal | 18 | ||
| Hernia operations:— | Retro-pharyngeal | 3 | |
| Scrotal | 1 | ||
| Femoral hernia | 32 | ||
| Strangulated femoral hernia | 2 | 60 | |
| Inguinal hernia | 25 | ||
| Strangulated inguinal hernia | 45 | ||
| Incisional hernia | 2 | ||
| Ventral hernia | 5 | Rectal operations:— | |
| 111 | For haemorrhoids | 20 | |
| Other rectal | 5 | ||
| 25 | |||
| Genito-urinary operations:— | |||
| Exploration of kidneys | 3 | ||
| Nephrectomy | 5 | Amputations:— | |
| Perinephric abscess | 4 | ||
| Lithotomy | 2 | Of thigh | 4 |
| Lithotcrity | 1 | „ leg | 14 |
| Cystotomy | 3 | if finger | 7 |
| Cystoscopy | 1 | ||
| Prostatectomy | 17 | 25 | |
| Orchidectomy | 1 | ||
| Circumcision | 7 | ||
| For hydrocele | 1 | ||
| ,, ectopic pregnancy | 9 | Orthopaedic operations:- | |
| ,, tubal pregnancy | 1 | ||
| ,, salpingitis | 2 | Application of plaster | 145 |
| Caesarean section | 8 | Wiring | 24 |
| Hysterectomy—total | 15 | Removal of wiring | 2 |
| „ —sub total | 12 | Plating | 2 |
| Uterine curettage | 29 | For compound fractures | 21 |
| Other uterine operations | 4 | „ correction of talipes | 1 |
| Colporraphy | 6 | dislocations | 26 |
| Colpo-perineorraphy | 2 | „ exostoses | 1 |
| Ovarian operations:— | ,, hallux valgus | 1 | |
| deliberate | 7 | ., osteomyelitis | 9 |
| emergency | 5 | „ removal of nails | 13 |
| Other operations | 9 | ,, removal of patella | 2 |
| ,, removal of head of radius | 2 | ||
| 154 | „ slipped epiphysis | 1 | |