The American Military Government (1895-1907)

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U.S. occupation

  • established Military & Commission form of government.

  • Public health became a priority despite unsettled conditions.

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Dr. Guy Edi

  • First Board of Health created

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Controlled epidemics

  • cholera, smallpox, plague.

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Fought communicable diseases

  • leprosy, diarrhea, malaria, beri-beri.

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1899

  • Garbage crematory established.

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1901

  • First sanitary ordinance & rat control.

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1902-03

  • Manila Medical Society & Philippine Island Medical Association founded.

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1904

  • Discovered causes of amoebic dysentery (contaminated water/vegetables) & identified Anopheles minimus as malaria vector.

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1905

  • Cholera vaccine first tried; compulsory school vaccination; plague confirmed from rats; Bureau of Science established.

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1906

  • Culion leper colony opened; compulsory leper detection.

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1907

  • U.P. College of Medicine founded with Preventive Medicine department.

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Need for local physicians

  • led to founding of U.P. College of Medicine (only Sto. Tomas existed before).

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Bureau of Science (1905)

  • became a hub for scientific research, in collaboration with PGH & U.P., advancing public health.