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 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 |