Tag: health centre

2001 Blantyre Health Centre

Pictured in its final years in 2001 is Blantyre Health Centre. The Health Institute building on Blantyre’s Victoria Street was a vital building to the welfare of Blantyre people. Opened on 12th October 1928, it was initially a children’s clinic with a grand title of “The Public Health Institute and Children’s Welfare Centre”. Later however, […]

Opening of Welfare Centre (Clinic)

  I thought I would write in a little more detail about the opening of the Blantyre Health Centre. The opening ceremony took place on Friday 12th October 1928, in presence of a large  gathering of invited  guests, the opening took place in Blantyre of a child welfare clinic, the third of its kind to be […]

Victoria Street Health Institute

The Health Institute building on Blantyre’s Victoria Street was a vital building to the welfare of Blantyre people. Opened on 12th October 1928, it was initially a children’s clinic with a grand title of “The Public Health Institute and Children’s Welfare Centre”. Later however, with the formation of the National Health it became the medical […]