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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D1920/2/1/3/31 |
| Title | Local Appeal Tribunal case file for Edith Ellen Hodgkins, aged 47, Coal face worker at [colliery not stated] |
| Date | 1954 |
| Description | Date of birth:
Marital status: Widowed
Address: 23 Cemetery Road, Leabrooks
Type of benefit claimed:
Type of injury: Back injury
Further information: Deceased miner Graham Hodgkins. Claim was for Industrial Death Benefit. Majority decision: 'Death was not the result of injury, nor was it accelerated by accident.' Employee representative Minority decision): 'The probablility is that death was accelerated by his accident'. Mr Hodgkins was in receipt of Industrial Injury benefit from January 1954 until 2 days before his death (back strain / prolapsed disc ). Copy of death certificate. He died 8th July from carcinomatosis due to underlying stomach cancer. Initial hearing 14/09/1954 was adjourned. |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Level | File |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area |