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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'.
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1 file
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Derbyshire Record Office
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National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area
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