bureau vs operating theatre

bureau

noun
  • An office (room where clerical or professional duties are performed). 

  • An organization or office for collecting or providing information or news. 

  • A chest of drawers for clothes. 

  • A desk, usually with a cover and compartments that are located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath, and often used for storing papers. 

  • An administrative unit of government; office. 

operating theatre

noun
  • A room in a hospital used for performing surgery (originally designed for operations in front of observers). 

How often have the words bureau and operating theatre occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )