Health crusader. Health commissioner of NY
"The History of Orange County", Russel Headley, 1909:
THOMAS DARLINGTON, M.D., was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., September 24, 1858; son of Thomas Darlington and Hannah A. (Goodliffe) Darlington. His education began in the public schools of New York and Newark, N. J., followed by a three years' scientific and engineering course at the University of the City of New York. After his graduation, he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, from which he was graduated as M.D. in 1880. He engaged in the practice of medicine at Newark, N. J., for two years, holding several hospital appointments. In 1882 he located at Kingsbridge, N. Y., and practiced there until 1904, except for two years spent in Arizona, where he was surgeon to several mining companies. He was appointed commissioner of health for the city of New York in 1904, and was reappointed for the second term in 1906. His administration has been thoroughly efficient and has demonstrated the wisdom of the selection of a trained medical man as head of the department of health of a great metropolis like New York, where the sanitary problems are necessarily very complex, and their proper solution of vital importance. Dr. Darlington has been an extensive contributor to medical literature. He is ex-president of the American Climatological Society, a member of the American Medical Association, the New York State Medical Society, the New York County Medical Society, the Medico-Legal Society, Association of the Alumni of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, American Public Health Association, Harlem Medical Association, New York Physicians' Mutual Aid Association, Medical Society of the Borough of the Bronx, Medical Association of Greater New York, Yonkers Practitioners' Society, Society of Medical Jurisprudence and Academy of Medicine; and until his appointment as health commissioner of New York, he was visiting physician to several of the hospitals of the city and consulting physician to the French Hospital. He is also a member of the Archdeaconry of New York, the Church Club of New York, Chamber of Commerce, Chemists' Club, The Thomas Hunter Association of Grammar School No. 53, the Commission on the Prevention of Tuberculosis of the Charity Organization of the City of New York, Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, New York University Alumni Association, Kingsbridge Council No. 1082, Royal Arcanum; the Parish Club, Church Temperance Society, trustee of the Bronx Savings Bank, the Huguenot Society of America, Pilgrim Society, Fordham Club, North Side Board of Trade, the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, New York Athletic Club, Seabury Society, Jefferson Tammany Hall, director Crippled Children's Driving Fund, and the National Geographic Society, Lotos Club, American Geographical Society and Society of Tropical Medicine. Address, 48 West 59th street. New York City.
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Columbia Alumni News 37 (October 1945) P 26; Catalogue of the Alumni, Officers and Fellows, 1807-1891, P 118:
Bisbee, Ariz. Former Health Commissioner of New York City and Grand Sachem of the Society of Tammany, died at his summer home at Forestburg, New York. The 86 year old physician was a descendant of the Earls of Darlington of England and the father of Clinton P. Darlington, '12C, 12E. As health commissioner from 1904-1910, Dr. Darlington carried out a program of progressive reform that won him fame. During his term he did much to eradicate contagious and infectious diseases, which were responsible for a large part of the city's mortality rate. Eventually typhoid fever, once prevalent, was practically abolished throughout the city, owing to precautions regarding the water and milk supplies. He established at Otisville, New York, the first municipal sanatorium for the tubercular. The first national pure food bill, the Hepburn Bill--was finally passed after he had succeeded in having a similar measure passed as a New York City ordnance. During the first year of the ordnance's operation, more than 11,000,000 pounds of impure food were destroyed. Barber shops, and sea food and shell markets were placed under regular inspection by him, and a campaign for the successful extermination of mosquitoes was successfully waged, beginning on Staten Island. During his six years in the commissionership the death rate of the city declined from 20.1 per 1,000 to 15,96 in 1910, when he retired. As a tribute to his achievement he was appointed Commissioner Emeritus of the Department of Health in 1930. In 1914 Dr. Darlington became a Sachem of the Society of Tammany, and was made Father of the Council of Sachems in 1925. He presided at his last Tammany meeting several years ago.
"The History of Orange County", Russel Headley, 1909:
THOMAS DARLINGTON, M.D., was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., September 24, 1858; son of Thomas Darlington and Hannah A. (Goodliffe) Darlington. His education began in the public schools of New York and Newark, N. J., followed by a three years' scientific and engineering course at the University of the City of New York. After his graduation, he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, from which he was graduated as M.D. in 1880. He engaged in the practice of medicine at Newark, N. J., for two years, holding several hospital appointments. In 1882 he located at Kingsbridge, N. Y., and practiced there until 1904, except for two years spent in Arizona, where he was surgeon to several mining companies. He was appointed commissioner of health for the city of New York in 1904, and was reappointed for the second term in 1906. His administration has been thoroughly efficient and has demonstrated the wisdom of the selection of a trained medical man as head of the department of health of a great metropolis like New York, where the sanitary problems are necessarily very complex, and their proper solution of vital importance. Dr. Darlington has been an extensive contributor to medical literature. He is ex-president of the American Climatological Society, a member of the American Medical Association, the New York State Medical Society, the New York County Medical Society, the Medico-Legal Society, Association of the Alumni of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, American Public Health Association, Harlem Medical Association, New York Physicians' Mutual Aid Association, Medical Society of the Borough of the Bronx, Medical Association of Greater New York, Yonkers Practitioners' Society, Society of Medical Jurisprudence and Academy of Medicine; and until his appointment as health commissioner of New York, he was visiting physician to several of the hospitals of the city and consulting physician to the French Hospital. He is also a member of the Archdeaconry of New York, the Church Club of New York, Chamber of Commerce, Chemists' Club, The Thomas Hunter Association of Grammar School No. 53, the Commission on the Prevention of Tuberculosis of the Charity Organization of the City of New York, Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, New York University Alumni Association, Kingsbridge Council No. 1082, Royal Arcanum; the Parish Club, Church Temperance Society, trustee of the Bronx Savings Bank, the Huguenot Society of America, Pilgrim Society, Fordham Club, North Side Board of Trade, the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, New York Athletic Club, Seabury Society, Jefferson Tammany Hall, director Crippled Children's Driving Fund, and the National Geographic Society, Lotos Club, American Geographical Society and Society of Tropical Medicine. Address, 48 West 59th street. New York City.
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Columbia Alumni News 37 (October 1945) P 26; Catalogue of the Alumni, Officers and Fellows, 1807-1891, P 118:
Bisbee, Ariz. Former Health Commissioner of New York City and Grand Sachem of the Society of Tammany, died at his summer home at Forestburg, New York. The 86 year old physician was a descendant of the Earls of Darlington of England and the father of Clinton P. Darlington, '12C, 12E. As health commissioner from 1904-1910, Dr. Darlington carried out a program of progressive reform that won him fame. During his term he did much to eradicate contagious and infectious diseases, which were responsible for a large part of the city's mortality rate. Eventually typhoid fever, once prevalent, was practically abolished throughout the city, owing to precautions regarding the water and milk supplies. He established at Otisville, New York, the first municipal sanatorium for the tubercular. The first national pure food bill, the Hepburn Bill--was finally passed after he had succeeded in having a similar measure passed as a New York City ordnance. During the first year of the ordnance's operation, more than 11,000,000 pounds of impure food were destroyed. Barber shops, and sea food and shell markets were placed under regular inspection by him, and a campaign for the successful extermination of mosquitoes was successfully waged, beginning on Staten Island. During his six years in the commissionership the death rate of the city declined from 20.1 per 1,000 to 15,96 in 1910, when he retired. As a tribute to his achievement he was appointed Commissioner Emeritus of the Department of Health in 1930. In 1914 Dr. Darlington became a Sachem of the Society of Tammany, and was made Father of the Council of Sachems in 1925. He presided at his last Tammany meeting several years ago.
Health crusader. Health commissioner of NY
"The History of Orange County", Russel Headley, 1909:
THOMAS DARLINGTON, M.D., was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., September 24, 1858; son of Thomas Darlington and Hannah A. (Goodliffe) Darlington. His education began in the public schools of New York and Newark, N. J., followed by a three years' scientific and engineering course at the University of the City of New York. After his graduation, he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, from which he was graduated as M.D. in 1880. He engaged in the practice of medicine at Newark, N. J., for two years, holding several hospital appointments. In 1882 he located at Kingsbridge, N. Y., and practiced there until 1904, except for two years spent in Arizona, where he was surgeon to several mining companies. He was appointed commissioner of health for the city of New York in 1904, and was reappointed for the second term in 1906. His administration has been thoroughly efficient and has demonstrated the wisdom of the selection of a trained medical man as head of the department of health of a great metropolis like New York, where the sanitary problems are necessarily very complex, and their proper solution of vital importance. Dr. Darlington has been an extensive contributor to medical literature. He is ex-president of the American Climatological Society, a member of the American Medical Association, the New York State Medical Society, the New York County Medical Society, the Medico-Legal Society, Association of the Alumni of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, American Public Health Association, Harlem Medical Association, New York Physicians' Mutual Aid Association, Medical Society of the Borough of the Bronx, Medical Association of Greater New York, Yonkers Practitioners' Society, Society of Medical Jurisprudence and Academy of Medicine; and until his appointment as health commissioner of New York, he was visiting physician to several of the hospitals of the city and consulting physician to the French Hospital. He is also a member of the Archdeaconry of New York, the Church Club of New York, Chamber of Commerce, Chemists' Club, The Thomas Hunter Association of Grammar School No. 53, the Commission on the Prevention of Tuberculosis of the Charity Organization of the City of New York, Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, New York University Alumni Association, Kingsbridge Council No. 1082, Royal Arcanum; the Parish Club, Church Temperance Society, trustee of the Bronx Savings Bank, the Huguenot Society of America, Pilgrim Society, Fordham Club, North Side Board of Trade, the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, New York Athletic Club, Seabury Society, Jefferson Tammany Hall, director Crippled Children's Driving Fund, and the National Geographic Society, Lotos Club, American Geographical Society and Society of Tropical Medicine. Address, 48 West 59th street. New York City.
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Columbia Alumni News 37 (October 1945) P 26; Catalogue of the Alumni, Officers and Fellows, 1807-1891, P 118:
Bisbee, Ariz. Former Health Commissioner of New York City and Grand Sachem of the Society of Tammany, died at his summer home at Forestburg, New York. The 86 year old physician was a descendant of the Earls of Darlington of England and the father of Clinton P. Darlington, '12C, 12E. As health commissioner from 1904-1910, Dr. Darlington carried out a program of progressive reform that won him fame. During his term he did much to eradicate contagious and infectious diseases, which were responsible for a large part of the city's mortality rate. Eventually typhoid fever, once prevalent, was practically abolished throughout the city, owing to precautions regarding the water and milk supplies. He established at Otisville, New York, the first municipal sanatorium for the tubercular. The first national pure food bill, the Hepburn Bill--was finally passed after he had succeeded in having a similar measure passed as a New York City ordnance. During the first year of the ordnance's operation, more than 11,000,000 pounds of impure food were destroyed. Barber shops, and sea food and shell markets were placed under regular inspection by him, and a campaign for the successful extermination of mosquitoes was successfully waged, beginning on Staten Island. During his six years in the commissionership the death rate of the city declined from 20.1 per 1,000 to 15,96 in 1910, when he retired. As a tribute to his achievement he was appointed Commissioner Emeritus of the Department of Health in 1930. In 1914 Dr. Darlington became a Sachem of the Society of Tammany, and was made Father of the Council of Sachems in 1925. He presided at his last Tammany meeting several years ago.
"The History of Orange County", Russel Headley, 1909:
THOMAS DARLINGTON, M.D., was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., September 24, 1858; son of Thomas Darlington and Hannah A. (Goodliffe) Darlington. His education began in the public schools of New York and Newark, N. J., followed by a three years' scientific and engineering course at the University of the City of New York. After his graduation, he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, from which he was graduated as M.D. in 1880. He engaged in the practice of medicine at Newark, N. J., for two years, holding several hospital appointments. In 1882 he located at Kingsbridge, N. Y., and practiced there until 1904, except for two years spent in Arizona, where he was surgeon to several mining companies. He was appointed commissioner of health for the city of New York in 1904, and was reappointed for the second term in 1906. His administration has been thoroughly efficient and has demonstrated the wisdom of the selection of a trained medical man as head of the department of health of a great metropolis like New York, where the sanitary problems are necessarily very complex, and their proper solution of vital importance. Dr. Darlington has been an extensive contributor to medical literature. He is ex-president of the American Climatological Society, a member of the American Medical Association, the New York State Medical Society, the New York County Medical Society, the Medico-Legal Society, Association of the Alumni of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, American Public Health Association, Harlem Medical Association, New York Physicians' Mutual Aid Association, Medical Society of the Borough of the Bronx, Medical Association of Greater New York, Yonkers Practitioners' Society, Society of Medical Jurisprudence and Academy of Medicine; and until his appointment as health commissioner of New York, he was visiting physician to several of the hospitals of the city and consulting physician to the French Hospital. He is also a member of the Archdeaconry of New York, the Church Club of New York, Chamber of Commerce, Chemists' Club, The Thomas Hunter Association of Grammar School No. 53, the Commission on the Prevention of Tuberculosis of the Charity Organization of the City of New York, Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, New York University Alumni Association, Kingsbridge Council No. 1082, Royal Arcanum; the Parish Club, Church Temperance Society, trustee of the Bronx Savings Bank, the Huguenot Society of America, Pilgrim Society, Fordham Club, North Side Board of Trade, the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, New York Athletic Club, Seabury Society, Jefferson Tammany Hall, director Crippled Children's Driving Fund, and the National Geographic Society, Lotos Club, American Geographical Society and Society of Tropical Medicine. Address, 48 West 59th street. New York City.
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Columbia Alumni News 37 (October 1945) P 26; Catalogue of the Alumni, Officers and Fellows, 1807-1891, P 118:
Bisbee, Ariz. Former Health Commissioner of New York City and Grand Sachem of the Society of Tammany, died at his summer home at Forestburg, New York. The 86 year old physician was a descendant of the Earls of Darlington of England and the father of Clinton P. Darlington, '12C, 12E. As health commissioner from 1904-1910, Dr. Darlington carried out a program of progressive reform that won him fame. During his term he did much to eradicate contagious and infectious diseases, which were responsible for a large part of the city's mortality rate. Eventually typhoid fever, once prevalent, was practically abolished throughout the city, owing to precautions regarding the water and milk supplies. He established at Otisville, New York, the first municipal sanatorium for the tubercular. The first national pure food bill, the Hepburn Bill--was finally passed after he had succeeded in having a similar measure passed as a New York City ordnance. During the first year of the ordnance's operation, more than 11,000,000 pounds of impure food were destroyed. Barber shops, and sea food and shell markets were placed under regular inspection by him, and a campaign for the successful extermination of mosquitoes was successfully waged, beginning on Staten Island. During his six years in the commissionership the death rate of the city declined from 20.1 per 1,000 to 15,96 in 1910, when he retired. As a tribute to his achievement he was appointed Commissioner Emeritus of the Department of Health in 1930. In 1914 Dr. Darlington became a Sachem of the Society of Tammany, and was made Father of the Council of Sachems in 1925. He presided at his last Tammany meeting several years ago.
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