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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
101 - Medical Appeal Tribunals Sep-Dec 1961 N-Z - 1961
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D1920/2/2/101/10
Title
Medical Appeal Tribunal case file for Ernest Pritchard, aged 63, Bath attendant at Holmewood, relating to an Industrial Accident
Date
1961
Description
Date of birth: 13/06/1898
Marital status: Not given
Address: 24 Mornington Road, Holmewood
Type of injury: Fractured os calcis
Description of accident: Standing on drying cabinet when he slipped and ell backwards onto concrete floor
Further information: In medical history: 'Bayonet wound right knee 1917'. From claimant's letter: 'I also feel a deep sense of injustice of been sent to Mr Smith at Chesterfield Hospital by the National Health a week before my Medical Board. […] A Tribunal is a court of law why should they have to remove my main witness who treated me for 26 weeks 4 months at Berry Hill rehabilitation centre. What good is it now for my union or myself to pay Mr Smith to speak on my behalf. Respectfully yours'.
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Derbyshire Record Office
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National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area
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