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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
    - 21 - Medical Appeal Tribunals Jun-Dec 1953 A-F - 1953

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D1920/2/2/21/4
Title	Medical Appeal Tribunal case file for John Allsopp, aged 61, Stone header at Ormonde, relating to a Prescribed Industrial Disease
Date	1953
Description	Date of birth: 18/06/1891 Marital status: Single Address: "Four Winds", Queen Street, Waingrove, Codnor Type of injury: Not applicable Description of accident: Not applicable Further information: New Ormonde Branch secretary wrote initially February 1951: 'This member has been down the pit 46 doing all the stoneheading at our colliery […] the medical board […] assessed him at less than 20 per cent'. In medical report of April 1951: 'this man is suffering from auricular fibrillation and some myocardial defect [...] He will not be fit for heavy work again' and an opthalmic specialist report in May 1951 stated 'Miner's Nystagmus with minimal oscillation but some degree of neurosis'. Allsop wrote to Mr Kitts, Area Compensation Agent: 'the verdict has upset me and I must fight on principle for my rights' requesting further medical examination. Mr Bamford, Senior Opthalmic Surgeon at the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary stated February 1952 'I think he is still unfit to work underground'. A 20 per cent assessment was made and the Insurance officer brought an appeal against this.
Extent	1 file
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area

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