THE HEALTH & INFANT WELFARE CENTRE
A welcome adjunct to the hospital was the Health Centre, opened in August 1928 also designed by La Gerche, it was sited on the town square and managed by Mr EW Poynter of Morwell. It also had a patients consulting room and a dental clinic. The Infant Centre opened in November 1947 on Service Road, built by the SEC and it was run by nuns.
A group of mothers started the Yallourn Infant Welfare Centre Social Club in 1956 After much voluntary work by a large body of women the town gained an important amenity in July 1948 when the Kindergarten opened.
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