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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D1920/2/2/49/15 |
| Title | Medical Appeal Tribunal case file for William Housman Bridge, aged 57, Colliery bricklayer at Denby Drury-Lowe, relating to an Industrial Accident |
| Date | 1956 |
| Description | Date of birth: 22/03/1899
Marital status: Not given
Address: 25 Mayfield Terrace, New Housing Estate, Kilburn
Type of injury: Gas poisoning - haematemesis
Description of accident: Was lowered down a disused pit shaft
Further information: From hospital notes December 1954 (marked in red 'Omitted from claimant's copy'): 'Haematemesis in July 1954 […] Illness proved rather mysterious […] he developed severe pains in legs and would not move them […] While in hospital he had a short attack of confusion [...] due to a cerbral thrombosis'. Thrombosis and ulcers of the legs followed. A later hospital letter stated: There is [...] some hysterical over-lay related to the nature of his occupation [...] and the delay in settlement of the compensation issue. [...] What the effects of Black-damp gas may be on the cardiovascular and central nervous system I have no idea'.` |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Level | File |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area |