London
and
Southwark }

Information of Witnesses taken at the
Parish of Saint John within the Borough
of Southwark in the County of Surrey the
25th. day of June 1789 on View of the Body
of a Male Infant Name unknown then
and there lying Dead

Hector Campbell< no role > of Horsley down Lane in the parish
of Saint John within the Borough of Southwark Surgeon
maketh Oath and saith thathaving beenhe was sent for by the
parish Officers of said parish to examine the Body of a
Male Child Lying in the Bonehouse of said parish
That he did accordingly this Morning examine said Male
Child That he examined the Child with attention, and is
of opinion that it is an abortion, either natural or procured
it deficiency in size, want of Hails, and the bones of the
head not sufficiently assisted strong them his opinion
That its growth appears about Seven Months nevertheless
a Child of seven Months grow them eight have been born
above, tho' a continuation of Life in general precluded This
cannot be ascertained on account of puts refaction That
he did not try the experiment of trying the Lungs in Water
on account of the putrefaction that had taken place which
rendered the experiment needless. All that can be
gathered is from the Navel String or umbilical Cord
from which if the Child has been destroyed it could
not have been by drowning as it would have bled to
Death, before it could have reached the place, where it
was found, the Navel string having never been pressed
or tied; if it had, it would have rotted or Sloughed off
It has not been divided properly, it is of the colour with
the Body, which proves that the Child could not have
been alive (if at all) after the seperation the blood then
taking a new Channel the remaining navel String would
have