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D1920 - National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area - 1867-2015
- 2 - Area Compensation Department - 1906-1997
  - 2 - Medical Appeal Tribunals - 1948-1993
    - 13 - Medical Appeal Tribunals 1952 I-M - 1952

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D1920/2/2/13/3
Title	Medical Appeal Tribunal case file for Willis Jones, aged 36, Coal face miner at Coppice No. 3, relating to an Industrial Accident
Date	1952
Description	Date of birth: 15/10/1915 Marital status: Married Address: 17 Northfield Avenue, Ilkeston Type of injury: Injury - skull Description of accident: Struck on the head by a pit prop Further information: Fractured skull in accident and after 5 months treatment and rehabilitation it was noted (in hospital summary): 'Appears to be nervous re-action following. To see neuro-psychiatrist'. Before first Medical Appeal tribunal of 7 September 1950, Mrs E Jones wrote to NUM : 'my husband [...] because of his head injury he got a very bad temper and would hit anybody so I should be very please if you could be there as I've got three children and it makes it very difficult for me'. The findings included: 'we think that there is every chance that this man will recover comppletely'. Mrs Jones wrote again asking for support in getting a report from Mapperley hospital 'he not the same man that went to work that day on the six of January he very quick tempered now and I'll tell you he takes some living with'. The Psychiatrist's report said 'I came to the conclusion that his complaints were entirely functional and an expression of a traumatic neurosis. [...] Speedy settlement of the compensation question and return to some work are essential pre-requisites of his rehabilitation. Owing to anxiety he may not be able to work underground. [...] My fee for the above report is three guuineas'. Mrs Jones to Mr Kitts, Area Compensation Agent: 'They want men to go down the pit why don't they treat them right when they had accident. If you are a married man you will know how much money it takes to keep a house on'. In the reply: 'Whilst I have every sympathy, it is not what I think but what the Doctors' determine. I am a married man and a family man'. Mrs Jones letter of 28 January 1951: 'I think its time the men know how they have treated my husband and believe me they will unless we get a fare deal I will print it in every paper'. Efforts were made to find Jones a light job at the Briquetting Plant in the Cossall pit yard. Jones's statement to Appeal: 'I tried to do gardening but I find I can only stick at it for half an hour at a time. I have done no work and cannot even manage to shovel the coals [...] I look after my fowls'. Later letter from Jones' wife questions if they should still receive a coal allowance. Final Tribunal finding 'We feel sure that the claimant ought to be able to overcome his obsession'.
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Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area
Term	Coal mining

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