A baby hatch or baby box[1] is a place where people (typically mothers) can bring babies, usually newborn, and abandon them anonymously in a safe place to be found and cared for. This kind of arrangement was common in the Middle Ages and in the 18th and 19th centuries, when the device was known as a foundling wheel. Foundling wheels were taken out of use in the late 19th century but a modern form, the baby hatch, began to be introduced again from 1952[2] and since 2000 has come into use in many countries, notably in Germany, where there are around 100 hatches[3][4] and in Pakistan where there are more than 300 as of 2006.[2]