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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D1920/2/2/17/19 |
| Title | Medical Appeal Tribunal case file for George Clarence Briggs, aged 58, Coal face miner at Markham No. 2, relating to an Industrial Accident |
| Date | 1953 |
| Description | Date of birth: 23/10/1894
Marital status: Married
Address: 53 South Crescent, Duckmanton
Type of injury: Injuries - spinal
Description of accident: Fall of coal onto back
Further information: The accident caused three fractured vertebrae and aggravation of pre-existing arthritis. Doctor's letter of 3 January 1953 states; 'Briggs […] has disability of the back which […] in my opinion, precludes him from working at the coal face'. 'The patient looks old for his years' (Medical Board, May 1952). This appeal was against a 5 per cent life assessment. |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Level | File |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area |