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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D1920/2/2/81/46
TitleMedical Appeal Tribunal case file for George Nicholls, aged 58, Miner at Markham Main, relating to an Industrial Accident
Date1959
DescriptionDate of birth: 15/09/1900
Marital status: Not given
Address: 32 Warren Crescent, Marsh Lane, Sheffield
Type of injury: Head injury
Description of accident: Hit by a prop and knocked against some coal
Further information: Former address: 6 Hope Terrace, Apperknowle, Sheffield. Nicholls had suffered a previous head injury 6 years earlier. From Consultant neurosurgeon's notes of 2 July 1959: Diagnosis. Chromophobe pituitary adenoma'. Radiation treatment followed this. 'Since 1954 I have not been right in my head. I lay awake for hours at night because I cannot relax. I keep thinking about things'. Unforeseen aggravation was not accepted and finally the Appeal was withdrawn, thus staying as a 5 per cent life assessment from 1954.
Extent1 file
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorNational Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area
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