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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
    - 5 - Medical Appeal Tribunals 1948-1950 T-W - 1948-1950

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D1920/2/2/5/9
Title	Medical Appeal Tribunal case file for James William Turner, aged 60, Coal face stripper at Mapperley, relating to a Prescribed Industrial Disease
Date	1949
Description	Date of birth: 14/06/1889 Marital status: Married Address: 9 Richardson Drive, Smalley Type of injury: Not applicable Description of accident: Not applicable Further information: No signs of Beat Knee in medical eveidence submitted; Turner had arthritis in the knee that previously had shown signs of Beat Knee. Claimant statement includes: 'I have been used to [...] working in confined spaces and spending a good deal of time on my knees. As I have been ordered not to work on my knees, it is impossible for me to do any work on the coal face [...] This of course means a big drop in my wages [...] I think I am being robbed because I have given the best part of my time to real hard work'.
Extent	1 file
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area
Term	Coal mining

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