The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-16
|DR. BIGGS NAMED As
| STATE HEALTH CHIEF
"Best Man in Country for tho
job" Says Governor
Glynn.
WORKED 26 YEARS HERE
Introduced AntitOxin for piph.
iberia and Won Man,
High HOnOrS.

ALBANY, Jan. 15.-Ciov. Gym vii ....
to the Senate on Monday night tn nafrl.
nation OF DIR. Herman NJ. Blrgs. fpru.,.,
general medical officer of the New Yori
City Health Department. to be the >,,,a
Health Commissioner at a salarv "
$4,000 year. Gov. Glynn announced
tonight the acceptance OF Or. Biggs The
term OF office Is five years.
The alignment OF the State Health Ne.
partment with the Rockefeller Found alton
will grow out of the appointment of ur
Biggs, II was declared tonight after tho
Governor announced the appointment I,
was stated on reliable authority that pr
Biggs agreed to accept the place after
he had been assured by the directors ~
the Rockefeller Foundation that the WORT
OF improving the public health of the
State of New York would be- made tho
subject of cooperation between the State
Health Department and the foundation
Gov. Glynn declared tonight that tine
appointment Of DIR. Biggs was made with.
out a single political Endorsement.
Not n political recommendation WAS
made In the case OF Or. Blggs" sttd
the Governor. Every request mad for
his appointment came from SOM b'g
uplift organization or some promluent
man who saw In his selection the estah
llshment Of great things in public health
work. believe l have obtained tho Ser.
vices of tho best man In the country for
the administration OF tho new health
laws"
DR.. Biggs will have the appointmeut %,
a large number of subordinates to renu.
nerative positions. There are several depl-
ties to be appointed at $4,000 and large
number of clerks whose salaries range
from $4,000 to $500. The Commss one
of Health will also have the naming NJ
thirty-two sanitary supervisors IN IS
many sanitary districts created hy The
law which reorganized the Health De.
partment.
The salary of the supervisors is $500
year.
1T is my desire" said Gov. Glyrn. "'o
make the Health Department a bureau
OF scientific research designed TO st the
best standards for the maintenance NJ
public health at the highest possible a,er.
age. Dr. Biggs and his fellow scientists.
l am sure. will accomplish this
Gov. Glynn made 1t plain that thore
would be no hitch in the Senate over
the confirmation OF Dr. Biggs rs He,lth
Commissioner. Dr. BiHgs will he IA Al
bany next week TO talk over the STU.
alton with the Governor and TO tax" ui
the new work as soon the Seuat' trt-
upon his nomination.
Dr. Biggs. who is 50 years old. has ..r,n
general medical officer of the D,putu..
OF Health for twenty-siN years. H. -
his academic training At Cornell N.'.
he was graduated in 1882. and his med
training at Bellevue. He has been Dbl
rector of the Rockefeller Institute sin.
was founded in 1901 and wa pros t,'' ..
the Association fur tn" Prevention ~
tuberculosis In 1906 and 1907
Or. Biggs introduced diphthcr!t t'.-
toxin Into this country and directed .r.
production of the first serum in 1870. A.
general medical officer ~ the New Nu..
Department OF Health he Was ch.rn, re-.
sponsible for formulatiu, and drr'.
it's work for the prevention OF tub.
losis.
As chairman of che New YORK pa
Health Commission Or. Bggs took a .'.'|
ing part in the Investigation which ui l.'i
the new public health law on m" s't''t.
books Or. Bisgs liz 4 member &C fHr
British Institute % Public Health i'd '..
International tuberculosis Bureau ~ l'..
lin. He is honorary fellow ~ the ~
gicnic Institute OF Great Britain. and V's
kuighted by the King Of Spain for OIL s''-
guished services in sanitation.
pr. BtEgs is fellow Of the New N.o'.
Academy Of Medicine and 4 meNh." -
the New York County. New YORK ~'r'
and American medical association. '''
Association for American Physicians. 'f
Clinical Society, the Practitioners 500 '''
the American Climstolovioal Socio's ari
the British Medical Association. ~" =
presldem ~ the tuberculosis pr'..~
forum for Children. at Farmingdal', !