Age: 0
Sex: male
Date: 8 Mar 1907
Place: River Thames, Iffley Pool
The body of a newly-born child was found in the River Thames at Iffley Pool.
It was wrapped up in a portion of a woman's underclothing which had had a name label or other form of identification removed. It was then enclosed in a cardboard box and tied up with string.
It was said that the child had received a blow to the head although the doctor didn't mention that and said that it had died from suffocation although the cause was unknown.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Swindon Advertiser and North Wilts Chronicle - Friday 08 March 1907
