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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D1920/2/2/81/23 |
| Title | Medical Appeal Tribunal case file for William Henry Holmes, aged 55, Coal miner at Swanwick, relating to an Industrial Accident |
| Date | 1959 |
| Description | Date of birth: 23/02/1904
Marital status: Not given
Address: 37 Coupland Place, Somercotes
Type of injury: Fractured tibial condyle and injury to finger followed by depression
Description of accident: Crushed between an over-turned truck and a wall
Further information: Final Medical Board was held at Pastures Hospital on 4 June 1959. Medical report of 4 October 1959 includes: 'after a course of Elecrtroplexy his mental condition appears much improved [...] he was depressed, agitated and preoccupied about his health and especially his Rt. leg [...] a considerable hysterical overlay present. This may have been linked with the problem of compensation'. A further assessment period at 2 per cent was set to run from 27/10/1959 for life. Handwritten note: 'Condition definitely due to accident. He never had any Hysterical tendency before accident'. |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Level | File |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area |