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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D1920/2/2/5/9 |
| Title | Medical Appeal Tribunal case file for James William Turner, aged 60, Coal face stripper at Mapperley, relating to a Prescribed Industrial Disease |
| Date | 1949 |
| Description | Date of birth: 14/06/1889
Marital status: Married
Address: 9 Richardson Drive, Smalley
Type of injury: Not applicable
Description of accident: Not applicable
Further information: No signs of Beat Knee in medical eveidence submitted; Turner had arthritis in the knee that previously had shown signs of Beat Knee. Claimant statement includes: 'I have been used to [...] working in confined spaces and spending a good deal of time on my knees. As I have been ordered not to work on my knees, it is impossible for me to do any work on the coal face [...] This of course means a big drop in my wages [...] I think I am being robbed because I have given the best part of my time to real hard work'. |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Level | File |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area |
| Term | Coal mining |