AI en Translation, Pages 476-500
Page 476
Department Copy
629
5/21/1948
Ottoman Bank
Baghdad
Greetings,
In view of the resignation of the previous Israeli Hospitals Committee and the formation of
the new committee headed by Mr. Sassoon Zion Abid, please kindly rely
for the withdrawal of checks for the account of the aforementioned committee and other financial transactions on
any two signatures of the gentlemen whose names are listed below:-
Chairman of the Committee - Mr. Sassoon Zion Abid
Vice Chairman - Dr. Albert Hakim
Honorary Treasurer - Mr. Naim Isaac Shamash
You will find below a sample of the signatures of the aforementioned gentlemen for your records.
Sincerely,
For filing
Urgent
Authorized
Head of the Community
Signature of Honorary Treasurer | Signature of Vice Chairman | Signature of Chairman
Mr. Naim Isaac Shamash | Dr. Albert Hakim | Mr. Sassoon Zion Abid
Page 477
688
10 / 6 / 1948
Department Copy
His Excellency the Minister of Finance, Respected
After greetings and respect
We wish to present to Your Excellency that a quantity of medicines has arrived for the Israeli Hospitals Committee
for use in Meir Elias Hospital and was released from customs under the two declarations
numbered 182/2 and 183/2 Basra and dated 18 / 2 / 1948, and the customs duties
paid on them amounted to 63.565 Dinars.
It is not hidden from Your Excellency that this committee manages the Meir Elias Charitable Hospital
which includes more than (125) beds for poor patients, and in addition to that, it is
responsible for managing the Rima Khedouri Eye Hospital and the Dar Al-Shifa Dispensary, which are visited by
hundreds of poor patients daily, which requires it to bear very heavy costs and expenses and face
great difficulties in obtaining them in such difficult economic circumstances.
Therefore, please be so kind as to approve the exemption of the mentioned committee from the customs duties
mentioned above, and to Your Excellency much thanks and respect.
Sassoon
Head of the Community
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For filing
Urgent
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687
1948/6/9
⟦Department Copy⟧
The Honorable Ministry of Social Affairs
Baghdad
After greetings
The Meer Elias Hospital intends to employ a doctor of British nationality to take over
the position of Head of the Internal Medicine Department at the aforementioned hospital, provided that he
holds the (F.R.C.P.) degree.
We kindly request you to inform us of the conditions under which British professors
holding this degree are employed in government health institutions
so that we may advertise them in English medical journals.
Please accept our thanks in advance.
⟦illegible⟧
Mr. President
This letter was presented based
on the request of the hospital committee
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Head of the Community
For filing
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Page 479
754
12/7/1948
⟦Department Copy⟧
To
The Honorable Ministry of Social Affairs
Baghdad
Greetings,
We refer you to our letter No. 687 dated 6/9/1948 and request
you to kindly provide us with the conditions under which British professors
holding the certificate referred to in our aforementioned letter are employed.
Please accept our highest appreciation.
⟦Meir⟧
Head of the Community
⟦signature⟧
Mr. President
This letter was typed based on
the request of the Director of Meir Elias Hospital
⟦signature⟧
10/7
Dr. Meir
Page 480
752
9/8/1948
⟦Department Copy⟧
Directorate of Public Health
Baghdad
Greetings,
The Jewish Hospitals Committee in Baghdad has decided to employ Dr.
Salman Mikhail, an Iraqi national and a graduate of the Iraqi Medical College for this year,
at Meir Elias Hospital in Baghdad.
We kindly request you to issue your orders approving his employment at
the aforementioned hospital, and please inform us of your approval to complete his registration
formalities accordingly. Sincerely,
⟦illegible signature⟧
Head of the Community
⟦illegible signature⟧
8/9
For filing
Hospitals
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Mr. President
This letter was issued based
on the request of Dr. Albert Hakki
noting that the Hospitals
Committee has decided
to employ the physician Salman Mikhail
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8/9
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156
2/8/1948
Submitted 22/8/48
4/8/48
15/9/48
6/10/48
8/10/48
Department Copy
2/8/1948
To the Honorable Mr. Mir Hakham Moshe Doctor, Respectfully
After greetings -
We confirm our letter No. 152 dated 25/5/1948 regarding
the amount of 150/- Dinars paid to Mr. Moshe the Baker and recorded in the
Endowments account.
In view of the connection of this case to you, we wish to inform you that
the Council has decided to submit a recommendation to the General Assembly at its next meeting
proposing to write off this amount as an uncollectible
debt, in the event that you do not take the necessary steps to settle this amount
to the Hospitals Fund before the meeting of the General Assembly which will be held
in twenty days to approve the budget.
Please accept our respects;
Sincerely
⟦signature⟧
Vice President
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8/11
For filing
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Questionnaire
Page 482
Department Copy
802
10/27/1948
His Excellency the Director General of Posts and Telegraphs, respected
After greetings
We kindly request the order to transfer telephone number 3852 belonging to
Mir Elias Hospital and registered in the name of Dr. ⟦Schwarzman⟧ from this office
in the hospital to another location also inside the hospital, and we also request your Excellency's
approval to install an extension with a bell on the aforementioned telephone inside the hospital as well
With much gratitude to your Excellency
Mr. President
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community
The Hospital Committee requests
Your Excellency to mediate with
His Excellency the Director of Posts and Telegraphs
General regarding this request
Aboud ⟦Safi⟧
To be registered and for action
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
10/24
For filing
Page 483
Iraqi Government
Directorate General of Posts and Telegraphs
Number AT / 2 / 13 /
(Telephone Affairs Division)
Date ... Dhu al-Hijjah 67
Pen
November 48
Subject: Transfer of a telephone and installation of an internal extension
To the Director of the Central Telephone Department
Baghdad
Please take the necessary measures to transfer telephone number 3852 from the house of
Dr. Strauss William in Mir Elias Hospital to another location in
the same hospital and install an internal extension with a switchboard on it and consider it
at the rates of telephones installed in shops instead of the fees collected
at the present time.
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Director General of Posts and Telegraphs
A copy to
The Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, with reference
to its petition number 803 dated 10/27/48
R. S.
1/11
For filing
Number 100
Register and print a copy of it
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11/11
551
5/11/48
Page 484
Department Copy
826
11/25/1948
Telephone transfer and installation of an internal extension
To the Director of the Central Telephone Department, Baghdad
With reference to the letter from the General Directorate of Posts and Telegraphs No.
9/T/13/37114 dated 11/2/1948 addressed to you
and a copy of it to us.
We request you to kindly give the necessary orders to transfer telephone No. 3852 from
its location in Meer Elias Hospital to another location in the same hospital and install
an internal extension with a switchboard on it as quickly as possible given the urgent need
for it.
Please accept our highest respect
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community
⟦signature⟧
11/22
Mr. President
This letter was written based
on the request of the management of Meer Elias Hospital
⟦signature⟧
Sh/
For filing
⟦signature⟧
Hospitals
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Presidency of the Israelite Community in
Baghdad
P.O. Box ⟦illegible⟧
Telephone ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad
BAGHDAD
Baghdad
Mail
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JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
Established. 1884
Telephones 3006 7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy
Jewish Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Established in 1884
Telephone No. 3006 7480 Baghdad
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
No. 184
Date: 12/7/1948
Central Telephone Directorate Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. B 1 / 491 / 10121 dated 11/29/948
Addressed to the Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad.
We attach herewith check No. 658259 dated 12/6/1948 on the Ottoman Bank
In the amount of 34/597 Dinars in payment for the expenses of moving telephone 3852 and installing an external
bell on it. Please order the commencement of work. Thank you.
⟦signature⟧
Honorary Secretary
Attachments:
Check:
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Copy to the Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad
⟦faded stamp⟧
For filing
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Page 487
821
11/12/1948
His Excellency the Director General of Revenues, Respected
After greetings,
The Chief of Consumption Inspectors for the Baghdad Province requested the management of Mir Elias Hospital,
via his letter No. 6626 dated 10/28/1948, to obtain certification papers for the products
that it had previously purchased from grocers during the period from 1/15/1948 until
10/31/1948.
Since the hospital administration purchases various products from multiple shops and stores
located within officially recognized consumption centers, it neglected to obtain
the aforementioned certification papers, especially since the grocer and other sellers had already paid
the consumption fee at the center designated for that purpose, and what the aforementioned directorate purchased through
one of its employees is only a part of those distributed products. Furthermore, this method
has not been objected to since 1932, and even since the hospital's establishment about
thirty years ago.
Therefore, since obtaining the certification papers requested by the Chief
of Inspectors for the previous period is impossible to obtain now given that a significant amount of time
has passed, we hope for your kind approval regarding this, assuring you that the hospital administration has instructed
the concerned employee to demand a certification paper from the seller according to the regulations, starting from
11/1/1948, and it will be submitted to the Al-Maydan Consumption Officer according to the regulations.
Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of our highest respect.
Head of the Community
⟦signature⟧
Copy to -
Chief of Consumption Inspectors for Baghdad Province - with reference to
his letter No. 6626 dated 10/28/48.
Al-Maydan Consumption Officer - for information.
For filing
Hospitals
Qada
Mr. President,
This letter was presented according to your instructions, which I contacted
His Excellency the Director General of Revenues about following my visit to him.
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11/2
Page 489
Department Copy
688
10 / 6 / 1948
His Excellency the Minister of Finance, Respected
After greetings and respect
We wish to present to Your Excellency that a quantity of medicines has arrived for the Israeli Hospitals Committee
for use in Meir Elias Hospital and was released from customs according to the two declarations
dated 2 / 182 and 2 / 183 and dated 18 / 2 / 1948, and the customs duties
paid on them amounted to 63.65 Dinars.
It is not hidden from Your Excellency that this committee manages the Meir Elias Charitable Hospital
which includes more than (125) beds for poor patients, and in addition to that, it is
responsible for managing the Rima Khedouri Eye Hospital and the Dar Al-Shifa Clinic, which are frequented by
hundreds of poor patients daily, which entails bearing very high costs and expenses and facing ⟦illegible⟧
great difficulties in obtaining them in such difficult economic circumstances.
Therefore, please be so kind as to approve the exemption of the aforementioned committee from the customs duties
mentioned above, and to Your Excellency much gratitude and respect.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Head of the Community
We agreed on the need
The letter was delivered by hand by Saleh Jabbour
24 / 6
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Department Copy
Exemption of medicines from customs duties
722
10/8/1948
His Excellency the Minister of Finance, respected
After greetings
We refer you to our letter numbered 688 and dated 6/10/1948
Hoping that Your Excellency will kindly order the exemption of Mir Elias Hospital from the
customs duties under discussion.
Please accept the highest respect
On behalf of
Head of the Community
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10/8
Mr. President
This letter was written based on
the request of the Hospitals Committee
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10/9
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For filing
Hospitals
Page 491
Iraqi Government
General Directorate of Customs and Excise
Administration Office
Number: ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 12 September 1948
Subject: Exemption of medicines
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
⟦line⟧
With reference to your petition numbered 685 and dated 10 / 6 / 1948
Addressed to His Excellency the Minister of Finance.
Please provide us with a copy of the two customs declarations discussed in
your above petition so that we may decide on your request.
⟦signature⟧
Director General of Customs and Excise
A copy to -
Baghdad Customs and Excise Directorate - with reference to its letter numbered 16638
and dated 25 / 8 / 1948
Ja'far Agha / ⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
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14 / 9 / 1948
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Presented on 11/1/48
Presented on 7/2/48
Presented on 12/2/48
Department Copy
Exemption of Medicines
779
9/20/1948
Directorate General of Customs and Excise
With reference to your letter No. 10223 dated September 13, 1948.
Based on your request, we enclose herewith a copy of the two customs declarations numbered
182/2 and 183/2 Basra, dated 2/18/1948, requesting you to kindly
return them after you are finished with them.
⟦signature⟧
9/29
For the Head of Department
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Page 493
Department Copy
Medicine Exemption
861
12 / 22 / 1948
Directorate General of Customs and Excise
Further to our letter No. 779 dated 9 / 30 / 1948.
Please kindly return the two customs declarations numbered 182 / 2
and 183 / 2 dated 2 / 18 / 1948 sent to you enclosed with our letter
referred to above due to our need for them.
Please accept our thanks and respect;
⟦signature⟧
12 / 22
Head of the Community
For filing
Attachments returned
⟦signature⟧
12 / 25
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Page 494
Iraqi Government
General Directorate of Customs and Excise
Office of (Administration)
Number: 252
Date: 10 / 1 / 1949
Subject: Return of two declarations
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. 861 dated 22 / 12 / 1948
Based on your request, we return to you herewith the two customs declarations numbered 2 / 182
and 2 / 183 dated 18 / 2 / 1948, and please notify us of their receipt.
Settlement
Director General of Customs and Excise
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
File Number 599
Date 11 / 1 / 949
Priorities
⟦signature⟧
Jaafar 1 / 8
Please refer to the hospital
With attachments
On behalf of ⟦...⟧
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⟦Department Copy⟧
Receipt of two declarations
881
16 / 1 / 1949
Directorate General of Customs and Excise
Baghdad
With reference to your letter numbered 253 and dated 10 / 1 / 1949, please
be informed that we have received the two customs declarations numbered 2 / 182 and 2 / 183
and dated 18 / 2 / 1948 enclosed with your letter. Sincerely.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community
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Page 496
872
1/6/1949
⟦Department Copy⟧
His Excellency the Notary Public of Baghdad, respected
Greetings and respect
Furthermore, we request to inform you that Mr. Asher Hay, whose signature
specimen is below, is the Honorary Secretary of the Israeli Hospitals Committee
in Baghdad, and you may rely on his signature regarding correspondence related to the affairs
of the aforementioned committee.
Please accept our respect.
⟦...⟧
Head of the Community
⟦...⟧
Specimen of the signature of
Mr. Asher Hay
Honorary Secretary of the Hospitals Committee
⟦...⟧
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Page 497
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
Jewish Hospitals Committee
BAGHDAD
Baghdad
Established. 1884
Established in 1884
Telephones 3006 7480
Telephone Number 3006 7480 Baghdad
Meir Elias Hospital
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy
Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
No. Number: ⟦89⟧
Date: 1/⟦⟧/1949
Secretary of the Jewish Community Administration
Secretary of the Jewish Community Schools Committee
A portion of the community institutions' employees often inquire about the classes allowed for
them or their families to use in the community hospitals according to the applicable regulations. Desiring to inform
them of this, we list below the instructions decided by our committee, requesting you circulate them to your employees for their information.
((Community employees, as well as persons personally dependent on them for support, are entitled to stay at Meir
Elias Hospital in the classes listed below according to their salaries, provided that 25% (twenty-five percent) is collected from them
of the fees for stay, examinations, surgeries, and analyses prescribed for the relevant class, as follows:-
In the Special Class for those receiving 25/- Dinars per month and above
In the First Class for those receiving 15/- Dinars to 24/- Dinars per month
In the Second Class for those receiving from 5/- Dinars to 14/- Dinars per month))
Provided that the full prices of the dispensed medicines are collected from them according to the regulations.
Honorary Secretary
For filing
1/10
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⟦Department Copy⟧
⟦920⟧
1949/2/1
Directorate of Public Health
Baghdad
Greetings,
The Jewish Hospitals Committee intends to appoint Dr. Ezra
Nissan, a graduate of the Royal Iraqi Medical College for the year 1946/47, at
Rima Khedouri Eye Hospital, which belongs to the aforementioned committee.
We kindly request you to issue your order approving the employment of the
aforementioned doctor. Sincerely,
⟦signature⟧
Mr. President
⟦For⟧
Head of the Community
This letter was drafted based on
the request of the Hospitals Committee
⟦signature⟧
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Page 499
Directorate of Public Health
Registration
Iraqi Government
Number /: 4668
Date: 3 / 3 / 1949
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Subject / Medical Staffing
With reference to your letter numbered 920 and dated 1 / 3 / 1949
Please inform us immediately of the number of doctors scheduled to be employed in your permanent staff
for the Jewish hospitals to consider your request.
⟦signature⟧
Director of Public Health
Copy with all attachments to
Registration Division - for follow-up
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Department Copy
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14/3/1949
Presidency of the Hospitals Committee
We transmit to you below a copy of the Director of Public Health's letter No. 4668 dated
10/3/1949 to be answered with the utmost speed, please.
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On behalf of the Head of the Community
⟦line⟧
Copy of the Letter
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad.
Subject - Medical Staffing
With reference to your letter No. 930 dated 1/3/1949.
Please inform us immediately of the number of doctors scheduled to be employed in your permanent
staffing for the Jewish hospitals to consider your request.
Director of Public Health
Copy with all attachments to - Registration Department - for follow-up
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