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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
    - 131 - Medical Appeal Tribunals Jan-Apr 1965 R-Z - 1965

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D1920/2/2/131/20
Title	Medical Appeal Tribunal case file for John William Winnard, aged 56, Miner at Whitwell, relating to a Prescribed Industrial Disease
Date	1965
Description	Date of birth: 21/03/1908 Marital status: Married Address: 88 Low Road, Clowne Type of injury: Not applicable Description of accident: Not applicable Further information: From Opthalmic Surgeon's report: 'Has worked down the pit for 42 years. Appears mentally muddled, continually blinking the eyes […] No frank nystagmus present until patient told to undergo movements used in pit with alternate flashing lights, upward movement of the eyes against neck rigidity [...]Patient states "Terrified to go down the pit again now" [...]no miner should work down the pit longer than 30 years'. The miner had been undergoing CNS investigations for 'drop attacks' with periods of incapacity certified as 'depression' and 'diplopia' and a May 1964 medical certificate giving: 'Vertebral Artery insufficiency causing Nystagmus'.
Extent	1 file
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area

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