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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D1920/2/2/62/29
TitleMedical Appeal Tribunal case file for Franciszek Joseph Kominek, aged 50, Coal miner at [colliery not stated], relating to an Industrial Accident
Date1957
DescriptionDate of birth: 04/06/1907
Marital status: Not given
Address: c/o Pastures Hospital, Mickleover, Derby
Type of injury: Mental illness
Description of accident: Hit head on a low girder on turning round
Further information: Kominek was in Pastures Hospital from 1953 with a diagnosis of depression 'and is not allowed to shave since he is on the Suicidal card list. He does not speak in answer to any question'. Psychiatrist's report of 1954 gives: 'On the history obtainable it appears that his conduct was normal enough in spite of other accidents in the pit in 1950 [...] After the accident of 16.11.1953, he behaved abnormally and psychotic symptoms arose'.
Extent1 file
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorNational Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area
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