At number 15 is Amelia Dyer a baby farmer that murdered at least 200 babies during the Victorian era in the United Kingdom She was popularly known as the Redding Baby Farmer But as a nurse Dyer preferred to use her skills to get rid of babies During the Victorian era baby farming was a common and lucrative practice It involves taking in unwanted babies from single mothers for a fee Under the guise of taking care of them these children were maltreated and even killed Dyer stepped into this business world after learning the practice from a colleague Initially she would let children under her care die from starvation and neglect Later she resorted to drugging their babies with mother's friend an opiate-laced syrup or by strangling them
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