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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D1920/2/1/23/34
TitleLocal Appeal Tribunal case file for William Fearn, aged 52, Coal miner - surface at Warsop Main
Date1966
DescriptionDate of birth:
Marital status: Married
Address: 1 Poplar Grove, Church Warsop
Type of benefit claimed: Industrial injury benefit
Type of injury: Head injury
Further information: In a neurologist's report of August 1966 (omitted from the Appeal evidence) a detailed history of the claimant's ill health is given and a conclusion: '[He} lost the sight of the left eye as the result of a traumatic cataract produced by an injury when welding [...] two minor bumps to the head [...] the description of these [head] pains indicates they are of a functional type and not due to organic reasons. I was unable to detect the cause of the neurosis'.
Extent1 file
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorNational Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area
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