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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 |