National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines: Bureau of Health

Location: San Lazaro Hospital Compound, Sta. Cruz, Manila

Category: Association/Institution/Organization

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1950

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

BUREAU OF HEALTH

BEGAN AS THE BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THE CITY OF MANILA, OCCUPYING PART OF THE PALACIO DEL SEGUNDO CABO, 1898. EXTENDED FUNCTIONS TO THE PROVINCES, 1899. REORGANIZED AS BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THE PHILIPPINES, 1901; PHILIPPINE HEALTH SERVICE, 1915; AND AS BUREAU OF HEALTH, 1932. QUARTERED IN THE OLD STA. POTENCIANA BUILDING; PHILIPPINE NORMAL SCHOOL ANNEX, 1942-1945; COLEGIO MEDICO-FARMACEUTICO BUILDING, 1945; THEN TO THE SAN LAZARO HOSPITAL COMPOUND, 1946. THIS BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED FOR ITS USE UNDER THE INITIATIVE OF DIRECTOR FELIPE ARENAS, WAS INAUGURATED 19 AUGUST 1949.

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LEVEL I - Sites and Structures declared as National Shrine, National Historical Landmark, National Historical Site, and National Monument (Entries with asterisks)

LEVEL II - Sites and Structures declared as Heritage Zones/Historic Centers, Heritage Houses and bearing Historical Markers

DELISTED - Declared and/or marked historic sites and structures that were removed from the national registry

LIFTED - Sites and structures 50 years old and above removed of its presumption as Important Cultural Property (R.A. 10066)

Bureau of Health

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