Age: 0
Sex: male
Date: 19 Feb 1940
Place: Grand Union Canal, Marylebone
The body of a male newly-born child was found in the Grand Union Canal near the Marylebone Generating Station.
It was found by a generating station pump attendant. He said that he saw the body in the water and got it out and then called the police.
A pathologist said that he thought that it had been in the water for some time and gave the cause of death being want of attention at birth.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Marylebone Mercury - Saturday 02 March 1940, p8
see Unsolved 1940