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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
191 - Medical Appeal Tribunals 1980 [?A-R] - 1980
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D1920/2/2/191/2
Title
Medical Appeal Tribunal case file for Benjamin Brooks, aged 75, Ripper at Markham Main, relating to a Prescribed Industrial Disease
Date
1980
Description
Date of birth: 19/11/1904
Marital status: Not given
Address: 13 Court Place, Middlecroft, Staveley
Type of injury: Not applicable
Description of accident: Not applicable
Further information: From Chest Physician's report: 'He began working underground at the age of 17 and went on until he was 63½ years old'. Former address: 13 Westwood Avenue, Staveley. From one of several letters to the NUM, in 1975: ''I went to Ransom Hospital this morning I thought for a Honest opinion by a Neutral Docotr I find when I get there I was confronted by Nine XRays Nine Doctors notes [...] is everything corrupt if so I will wait until I die and have a Postmortem [...] you know Herbert the Doctors are in a union same as the miners [...] I thank you for trying its hopeless'.
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1 file
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File
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area
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