I would have thought enquires would be made as to whether the child was already baptised, but if this wasn't known, or the child wasn't baptised then this might be done if the home was linked to a church in some way - am less sure if it was a state run place, at this date - half a century earlier I would say 'highly likely' - what would happen if the parent(s) or family who left the child were not C of E though?
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