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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D1920/2/1/7/32 |
| Title | Local Appeal Tribunal case file for Beatrice Fletcher, aged 62 |
| Date | 1957 |
| Description | Date of birth:
Marital status: Widowed
Address: 34 Wright Avenue, Ripley
Type of benefit claimed:
Type of injury: Not given
Further information: Claimant was the widow of George Edward Fletcher aged 65 when he died on 1 July 1957, of 9 Greenhill Avenue Ripley, who had been a coal miner for at least 47 years - and the claim was for Industrial death benefit. The insurance officer stated it was not payable 'on the grounds that the deceased's death did not result from pneumoconiosis'. His son wrote in to the NUM to explain his father had died in Lincolnshire and as his father was a Denby branch NUM member he wanted to enquire about claiming funeral expenses of up to £50 as 'the cost of my father's funeral which included bringing his body from Louth for burial at Ripley was £55/8/6'. The question of whether silicosis was present and the cause of death was also raised mentioning the sum of £150 for industrial disease. A letter in reply from the NUM Compensation Agent said: 'With regard to the question you raise regarding the Fatal Accident and Industrial Diseases scheme. [...] the case has first to be established [...] and [...] you have to send along to this office the form which states that the National Insurance people have agreed to pay dependents benefits.' Cause of death from the postmortem was given as ' Myocardiac failure due to myocardiac degeneration due to pulmonary fibrosis'. The first hearing of the Tribunal was adjourned to ascertain which organs had been removed for further examination after an allegation from the two sons that the wrong organs had been examined as discrepancies were noted between the post mortem report and the Medical Board's report. Detailed letter from The Regional Controller of the Pneumoconiosis Medical Board outlined procedures for logging and identifying new organs received for examination and refuting any mistake. Further letters indicated that the possiblity that a kidney from another cadaver had been included in error could be rebutted as a kidney had been included for examination and all organ samples were re-checked. |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Level | File |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area |