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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D1920/2/2/3/36
TitleMedical Appeal Tribunal case file for Edgar William Palfreyman, aged 59, Coal miner at Ormonde, relating to a Prescribed Industrial Disease
Date1950
DescriptionDate of birth: 28/01/1891
Marital status: Married
Address: 47 Queen Street, Waingroves, Ripley
Type of injury: Not applicable
Description of accident: Not applicable
Further information: Condition noted to have developed from March 1948 but no time off work for about a year. Manner 'tense and anxious.' Opthalmic specialilst noted 16 Auguast 1949 : He is fit for selscted work on the coal surface. [...] Prognosis must be guarded [...] there is likelihood of recurrence if he returns to the coal face' Colliery probably New Ormonde (from NUM Branch notepaper). Appeal increased assessment of disability from 10 per cent for life.
Extent1 file
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorNational Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area
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