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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D1920/2/1/6/6 |
| Title | Local Appeal Tribunal case file for Thomas Burton, aged 64, Coal face worker at Westthorpe |
| Date | 1957 |
| Description | Date of birth:
Marital status: Married
Address: 39 Manor Road, Killamarsh
Type of benefit claimed: Injury benefit
Type of injury: Injury - abdomen
Further information: Accident (not proven) October 1956 and sickness benefit had been claimed for hydrocele. A hernia was only discovered after being examined for a different complaint at the hospital. Claimant wrote: '(the surgeon) said to me "I think you have had your money's worth old chap. Hernia, hydrocele and Spermatocele"'. No hernia had been known of previously and it was suggested that heavy lifting may have brought this on. |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Level | File |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area |