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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 |