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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
    - 9 - Medical Appeal Tribunals 1951 R-Z - 1951

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D1920/2/2/9/17
Title	Medical Appeal Tribunal case file for Alexander Wilfred Smith, aged 63, Miner at [colliery not stated], relating to an Industrial Accident
Date	1951
Description	Date of birth: 03/02/1888 Marital status: Married Address: 72 Ebenezer Street, Ilkeston Type of injury: Injury - abdomen Description of accident: I slipped down in the pit yard on the hard surface after the snow' Further information: Smith reported he felt pain and swelling in both groins after the fall but he worked 3 more days then underwent herniotomy in February 1951 after which he had not worked. The appeal grounds: 'Cannot do Heavy work or lift weights (Hernia) £2 2 is not sufficient to keep my wife and myself owing to increces of food and such things'. The findings of the Tribunal included: 'There is a contention [...] that the right herniotomy has not been entirely successful'
Extent	1 file
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area

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