City & Liberty of
Westmr . in the County
of Middlesex }

Informations taken this 16th. day of
September 1774 at the Parish of St Clement
Danes within the Liberty of Westmr . in the
County of Middlesex upon an Inquisition
touching the death of a new born Female
Child lying dead in the said Parish Liberty
and County.

John Good< no role > (a Lodger at Mr. English in Stanhope
Street) Brick layer on his Oath saith that he was
at Work this day for Mr. Wallace & Mr. Banister
at No. 12. in the Clements Inn in the Parish of St
Clement Danes ; Says that he was going to clean
the Drain by the Necessary House there, That he opened
the Drain, and by Raking the Soil [..] of the Necessary House unto the Drain found the new
born Female Child, which was dead but did not
appear to Dept. to have been long in the
Necessary House, and says that he did not see
and Marks of violence upon the Child.

John Good< no role >

Alexander Douglas< no role > of the Strand Surgeon
on his Oath saith, That he this day Examined
a Female Child at No. 12. in Clements Inn in
the Parish of St. Clement Danes which he was
informed was taken out of the necessary House
there and found no external Marks of Violence
upon it Says that the Child appeared to him to
be about seven months Child, and might
have been born alive but Dept. cannot be
certain of it, Says that the Navel String was
not tied, nor died there appear that any care
was taken to preserve it's life. Says that from
the appearance of the Child he does not think it
had been long in the Necessary House

Alex Douglas< no role >

Severally Sworn the Day Year
& Place abovementioned before me
Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner }