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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D1920/2/2/103/25
TitleMedical Appeal Tribunal case file for William Palfreyman, aged 63, Coal miner at Cossall, relating to a Prescribed Industrial Disease
Date1962
DescriptionDate of birth: 14/09/1898
Marital status: Not given
Address: 103 Chapel Street, Ilkeston
Type of injury: Not applicable
Description of accident: Not applicable
Further information: From Opthalmologist report February 1962: 'This is a severe case of Miners Nystagmus.' From Appeal Findings: 'The Claimant has very tremulous eye-lids, but little evidence of nystagmus. He has not worked down below for 16 years, and we consider that the majority of his symptoms are now entirely due to neurosis'.
Extent1 file
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorNational Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area
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