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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D1920/2/2/6/29
TitleMedical Appeal Tribunal case file for Charles Cooper, aged 55, [?Coal face worker] at [colliery not stated], relating to a Prescribed Industrial Disease
Date1951
DescriptionDate of birth: 12/11/1895
Marital status: Not given
Address: 2 Vincent Crescent, Brampton
Type of injury: Not applicable
Description of accident: Not applicable
Further information: Employer noted as 'Hardwick' on Hospital accident clinic form. Also: 'Old gunshot wound 1918? Did not enter knee'. X-ray report January 1951 stated: 'Metallic FBs present in the soft tissues beside the patella'. Cooper wrote to NUM stating: 'I wish to make an appeal against the Medical Board's decision [...] No loss of faculty. [...] During the last 12 months I have been doing very light work, Stone-Dusting and Transfer-Point, even so duirng that time my knee is swollen up on several occasions'.
Extent1 file
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorNational Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area
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