Annual report : 1939 / Wallasey Cottage Hospital.

  • Wallasey Cottage Hospital (Wallasey, England)
Date:
1939
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Credit: Annual report : 1939 / Wallasey Cottage Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT ON THE EYE DEPARTMENT. I submit the following report of the work done in this depart¬ ment for the year ending 1939. The following is a list of the eye dis¬ eases, etc. :— H yper metropia. 31 Hypermetropic astig. 29 Myopia . 32 Myopic Astig. 16 Right Converg. Squint . 3 Left „ „ . 2 Alternating ,, . 2 Cataracts, senile . 11 ,, secondary . 3 Iritis, acute . 1 ,, chronic . 2 Corneal opacities. 3 Entropion . 4 Keratitis, phlyc . l ,, ulcerative . 4 Dacryocystitis . 2 Conjunctivitis . 5 Optic atrophy . 2 Chalaxia . 6 Meibomian cysts . 6 Choroiditis, acute . 2 ,, chronic. 7 Retinitis . 2 Venous thrombosis . 2 Tobacco amblyopia . 2 Old attendances . 437 Total. 617 The operations on in-patients numbered 12:—• Cataracts . 3 Iridectomy . 1 Needling . 4 Enucleation . 2 Trephine . 1 Squint . 1 Once again I would like to express my gratitude to Matron and the Nursing Staff; also to Mr. Harris, our Honorary Registrar. W. DUNLOP HAMILTON. OPERATIONS, 1939. ABDOMINAL. Appendicectomy . 89 Cholecystectomy. 18 Duodenostomy . 1 Laparotomy . 6 Hysterectomy . 15 Hernia. 31 Miscellaneous . 33 193 GENITO URINARY SYSTEM. Nephrectomy . 3 Supra pubic . 1 Circumcision . 2 Miscellaneous . 20 26 OPERATIONS ON LIMBS. Arms. 7 Legs. 15 22 OPERATIONS ON BREAST . 11 OPERATIONS ON MOUTH, EAR, THROAT AND NOSE. Tonsils and Adenoids. 13 Nasal . 6 Mastoidectomy . 4 Oesophagoscopy . 1 24 GENERAL. Thyroidectomy . 3 Gynaecological . 51 Excision of Haemorrhoids . 7 Eye Operations . 12 Miscellaneous . 49 122 TOTAL—398. MEDICAL TREATED CASES. 141 ANALYSIS OF CASES. Cured Relieved Not relieved Died Remaining Total SURGICAL .... 345 18 4 25 6 398 MEDICAL. 82 25 5 22 7 141 427 43 9 47 13 539