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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Operation Performed.
Number.
GENITO-URIINARY.
Dilatation of Urethral Stricture 4
Cystoscopy 22
Pyelography 5
Supra-pubic prostatectomy 4
Supra-pubic puncture 1
Urethrotomy 2
Removal spermatocele 1
Cystostomy 8
Circumcision 7
Excision of undescended testicle 1
Exploration of kidney 1
Catheterisation of ureters 2
KQ
MISCELLANEOUS.
Lumbar puncture 26
Exploration and aspiration of chest 44
A.P. refills 17
Incisions (abscesses, whitlows, etc.) 82
Removal of cyst 1
Lipiodal injections 2
Thiersch graft 2
Blood transfusion 11
Avulsion of finger nail 2
Suture of wounds 7
Application of tannic acid 2
Removal of foreign body 1
Number of patients who had teeth extracted Mayday Hospital 269
Number of patients who had teeth extracted Queen's Road Homes 67
533
Total 1302
Number of major operations 393
Number of minor operations 573
Number of dental extractions 336
Total 1302
NUMBER OF X-RAY FILMS TAKEN DURING THE YEAR 1934.
Spines 114
Long Bones 575
Pelvis 41
Skull 186
Chest (including lungs) 383
Barium Meals 174
Barium Enemata 28
Urinary Tract 85
Gall Bladder 38
Teeth 87
Abdominal? F.B 12
Maternity Cases 203
Total 1926
Actual number of cases treated: 1,146.