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.
Dr. Guy Edi
First Board of Health created
Controlled epidemics
cholera, smallpox, plague.
Fought communicable diseases
leprosy, diarrhea, malaria, beri-beri.
1899
Garbage crematory established.
1901
First sanitary ordinance & rat control.
1902-03
Manila Medical Society & Philippine Island Medical Association founded.
1904
Discovered causes of amoebic dysentery (contaminated water/vegetables) & identified Anopheles minimus as malaria vector.
1905
Cholera vaccine first tried; compulsory school vaccination; plague confirmed from rats; Bureau of Science established.
1906
Culion leper colony opened; compulsory leper detection.
1907
U.P. College of Medicine founded with Preventive Medicine department.
Need for local physicians
led to founding of U.P. College of Medicine (only Sto. Tomas existed before).
Bureau of Science (1905)
became a hub for scientific research, in collaboration with PGH & U.P., advancing public health.
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