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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D1920/2/2/100/14
TitleMedical Appeal Tribunal case file for James Horace Hunt, aged 68, Banksman at Mapperley, relating to an Industrial Accident
Date1961
DescriptionDate of birth: 08/01/1893
Marital status: Not given
Address: 9 Stainsby Avenue, Horsley Woodhouse
Type of injury: Compound Colles fracture with median nerve involvement and post-traumatic neurosis
Description of accident: Arm pinned between trams
Further information: Opinion of Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon: 'To-day […] a severe functional overlay with marked trembling and agitation of the whole upper limb'. Neurologist stated: 'the disabilities he complains of are due to hysterical paralysis […] This hysteria clearly followed the injury'.
Extent1 file
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorNational Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area
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