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D1920 - National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area - 1867-2015
2 - Area Compensation Department - 1906-1997
1 - Local Appeal Tribunals - 1948-1985
5 - Local Appeal Tribunals 1956 A-W - 1956
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D1920/2/1/5/62
Title
Local Appeal Tribunal case file for Charles William Wheatcroft, aged 43, Surface Worker at Shirland
Date
1956
Description
Date of birth:
Marital status: Married
Address: Not given, Not given
Type of benefit claimed: Injury benefit
Type of injury: Injury - knees and wrists
Further information: NUM representative gave: 'Was working on conveyor belt, which was started up by unauthorised person. He was pitched forward and injured knees […] Fall of coal additional.' Medical information gained since an adjourned hearing of 13 December 1955 included: other joints became involved developing into what is known as Polyarthritis. This is a condition of obscure aetiology but [...] shock and trauma is a predisposing factor'.
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1 file
Level
File
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area
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