Health care services in Davao Province in 1917

  • Rodel Cusi Roño Southern Philippines Medical Center

Abstract

During the period of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands (1901-1935), the Governor General (originally called Civil Governor) was the chief executive of the islands. Francis Burton Harrison was the Governor General in 1917, and the directors of the different administrative bureaus of the government, including the Bureau of Health (BOH), reported to him. In the same year, the Director of Health was Dr JD Long, and his Assistant Director was Dr Vicente de Jesus. At that time, the Bureau of Health was divided into different had administrative divisions, one of which was the Division of Mindanao and Sulu, headed by the Chief-of-Division Dr Jacobo Fajardo. Read more...
Published
Jun 15, 2017

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