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25/02/2009
Newborn Found Abandoned On Doorstep
A newborn baby has been discovered abandoned in a carrier bag outside a flat in south-east London.
According to police, the one-day old baby was found by children, on their way to school on the doorstep of a third floor flat in Winterslow House, Flaxman Road in Brixton, at 8.25am on Wednesday.
She was wrapped in a blue blanket and placed inside an old blue re-useable Tesco carrier bag.
The newborn child is said to be about a day old and black or Asian and police urgently want to trace the mother.
However, officers said the baby is in good health in hospital.
They believe she was left outside the flat after 4.30am and are currently studying CCTV footage of in the area.
Hospital staff who attended to the infant named her Grace.
Police said the baby was drinking milk and there seem to be no long-term damage after she was left outside.
Insp Simon Rooke from Lambeth Police, said: "She was very, very cold but, due to the speedy discovery by these children, she was brought to hospital very quickly and treated."
He also appealed for the mother to come forward so that she could receive appropriate medical attention.
"We may be looking at heavy blood loss and the sooner we can locate her the sooner she can get medical help."
(JM/BMcC)
According to police, the one-day old baby was found by children, on their way to school on the doorstep of a third floor flat in Winterslow House, Flaxman Road in Brixton, at 8.25am on Wednesday.
She was wrapped in a blue blanket and placed inside an old blue re-useable Tesco carrier bag.
The newborn child is said to be about a day old and black or Asian and police urgently want to trace the mother.
However, officers said the baby is in good health in hospital.
They believe she was left outside the flat after 4.30am and are currently studying CCTV footage of in the area.
Hospital staff who attended to the infant named her Grace.
Police said the baby was drinking milk and there seem to be no long-term damage after she was left outside.
Insp Simon Rooke from Lambeth Police, said: "She was very, very cold but, due to the speedy discovery by these children, she was brought to hospital very quickly and treated."
He also appealed for the mother to come forward so that she could receive appropriate medical attention.
"We may be looking at heavy blood loss and the sooner we can locate her the sooner she can get medical help."
(JM/BMcC)
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