Age: 0
Sex: female
Date: 14 Feb 1902
Place: Scratton Road, Southend
A baby was found in a parcel on the railway embankment by Scratton Road in Southend.
There were two incised wounds over the left eye and a severe bruise on the same side of the face. The vault of the skull was fractured in all directions, and all bones in the skull had been broken.
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see Chelmsford Chronicle - Friday 14 February 1902