Dr. Jacobo Puno Fajardo

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Distinguished physician, surgeon and public health pioneer.
Completed Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Santo Tomas in 1906.
President of the Municipal Board of Health of Arayat, Pampanga
Deputy in the Philippine Assembly, 1909 - 1912 (2nd Philippine Legislature as representative for the 2nd District of Pampanga covering municipalities of Apalit, Arayat, Candaba, Mabalacat, Magalang, Mexico, Minalin, San Fernando, San Luis, San Simon, Santa Ana. Pampanga was divided into two legislative districts until 1972.
Author of the Fajardo Bill in 1912, which served as the foundation for the organization and efficient administration of public health services in various provinces and municipalities in the country.
District Health Officer of Negros Oriental, then Pangasinan and then assigned in Mindanao until 1921
Chief of Division of Provincial Sanitation in Manila in 1921.
Director of Bureau of Health (now Department of Health) in 1924 as second Filipino Director. As Health Director, he earned the distinction as a public health pioneer for his frequent inspections of health units across the country in order to stimulate activities in his fight against diseases in the country.
First Filipino physician to receive a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. This grant gave him the opportunity to travel to the USA and Europe as part of his research and study on public health.
Philippine representative to the annual convention of American Public Health Association held at Minneapolis.
Philippine representative to the convention of the Southern Islands Medical Association held in Miami, Florida in 1929.

Jacobo Fajardo completed his Bachelor of Arts degree at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in 1891.
He married Antonia Jacinto on July 30, 1900 while pursuing medical studies at the University of Santo Tomas. He had joined the government health service as early as 1902 while still a student.

Jacobo Fajardo passed away on July 23, 1941 at the St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago, Illinois where he was treated for his cancer. His body was brought back to Manila in a coffin. Below is a picture of Jacobo while at St. Luke's Hospital and taken on July 10, 1941. Included in the picture is Demetrio Fajardo (in dark suit). The picture was provided by Jacobo's granddaughters, Cielo Esquivel and Christy Puno.

Jacobo Fajardo (July 10, 1941) at
St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA
with Demetrio Fajardo (in dark suit)

Lealtad, a street in Manila was renamed Jacobo Fajardo in his memory.

A mosquito species, "fajardoi" was also named in memory of Dr. Jacobo Fajardo.

Below are some of his publications and some relevant weblinks:

Report of the Philippine Health Service - 1929.
2 Volumes. Published by the Bureau of Printing, 1932.

Small Pox and Vaccination in the Philippine, British Medical Journal 1923

Legistrative Districts of Pampanga

Report of the Philippine Health Service - 1926
by Jacobo Fajardo, M.D.
Published in 1926, original from the University of Michigan

Institutions for the care of the distitute and the sick in the Philippines during the Spanish regime. History and progress of public health work in the Philippine Islands.
By: Jacobo Fajardo, National Library of the Philippines Catalog

American Journal of Public Health, Nov 1929

Notes on Philippine Mosquitos - Four New Species
by Baisas and Feliciano
The Library of University of Illinois, Urbana
Printed by Chicago Natural History Museum, May 13, 1953

National Historical Institute - www.nhi.gov.ph

Jacobo Fajardo - Antonia Jacinto Family

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Dr. Jacobo Fajardo's lineage can be traced to Justino Fajardo and Andrea Puno.

Justino Fajardo was a cabeza de barangay of Bacolor and the son of Fr. Pedro Anselmo Jorge Fajardo.

1. Fr. Pedro Anselmo Jorge Fajardo was the second Filipino priest delegate to the Spanish Cortez of 1822 - the law making body of Spain. Fr. Fajardo is known as the Father of Pampanga Literature and wrote the longest comedy play entitled "Comedia Heroica de la Conquistada de Granada o Sea Vida de Don Gonzalo de Cordova llamado el Gran Capitan" which was written in elegant Kapampangan comprising 832 pages in three volumes. The epic was staged for seven consecutive nights in February 1831 in Bacolor, the first and only time it was performed.

1.1 Justino Fajardo married Andrea Puno and they had five offsprings namely:

1.1.1 Praxedes Fajardo (July 21, 1874 - August 10, 1928)
1.1.2. Jacobo Fajardo (Jul 25, 1876 - Jul 23, 1941) married to Antonia Jacinto
1.1.3. Florencia Fajardo married to Eduardo Gutierrez-David
1.1.4 Anselmo Fajardo
1.1.5 Arsenio Fajardo

Praxedes P. Fajardo

Praxedes P. Fajardo was a Pampanguena Patriot who headed the Philippine Red Cross in Pampanga during the Philippine Revolution against Spain until the time of the Philippine War against the Americans. She studied at the La Consolacion Convent in Manila and was responsible for organizing the women to collect food, clothing and medical supplies for the benefit of the families of the soldiers killed and wounded during the war. Praxedes together with Nicolasa Dayrit Panlilio was able to prevent a bloody confrontation between Antonio Luna and Tomas Mascardo (two revolutionary generals) by kneeling and begging to Luna not to proceed his plan of arresting the latter for his alleged insubordination.

Out of the union of Jacobo Fajardo and Antonia Jacinto was born:
1.1.2.1 Abelardo Fajardo married to Paz Perez
1.1.2.2 Angelina Fajardo married to Francisco Tongoy Lopez
1.1.2.3 Demetrio Fajardo married to Encarnacion Goco
1.1.2.4 Pacita Fajardo married to Edgardo Villavicencio
1.1.2.5 Corazon Fajardo married to Antonio del Castillo

Out of the union of Abelardo Fajardo and Paz Perez was born:
1.1.2.1.1 Cristina Fajardo married to an Ocampo
1.1.2.1.2 Armando Fajardo married to a Carmona

Out of the union of Angelina Fajardo and Francisco Lopez was born:
1.1.2.2.1 Asuncion "Sony" Lopez married to a Gonzalez
1.1.2.2.2 Arturo "Macky" Lopez married to Amy Gustilo
1.1.2.2.3 Teresita "Titchy" Lopez married to a Marquez-Lim

Out of the union of Demetrio Fajardo and Encarnacion Goco was born:
1.1.2.3.1 Lourdes "Luding" Fajardo married to Arturo Nerit
1.1.2.3.2 Jacobo Fajardo
1.1.2.3.3 Leticia "Lety" Fajardo married to Rody Nicolas
1.1.2.3.4 Consuelo Fajardo
1.1.2.3.5 Caesar Fajardo married Magdalena Abad
1.1.2.3.6 Jaime Fajardo married Lily Marquez
1.1.2.3.7 Augusto Fajardo married Chit Bengson

Out of the union of Corazon "Chong" Fajardo and Antonio del Castillo was born:
1.1.2.5.1 Cielo del Castillo married to Robbie Esquivel
1.1.2.5.2 Dondon del Castillo
1.1.2.5.3 Christy del Castillo married to Ricardo "Dong" Puno
1.1.2.5.4 Gil del Castillo married to Evangeline Samson
1.1.2.5.5 Cynthia del Castillo married to Neil Corso, Jr.

Click here for the Family Chart of Jacobo Fajardo and Antonia Jacinto.

Fajardo - Jacinto Genealogy

Dr. Jacobo Puno Fajardo

Jacobo Fajardo - Antonia Jacinto Family