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Baby Farming and Baby Murder

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Baby farmer Margaret Waters was hanged in 1870 for letting a child starve to death ... Stanley Williamson investigates the events leading up to the "Act for the Better Preservation of Infant
Life" - the first piece of legislation to be concerned with the welfare of children. Producer Edwina Wolstencroft

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Waters
Unknown:
Stanley Williamson
Producer:
Edwina Wolstencroft
Source: Radio Times

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