Financial Information, Jewish Hospitals Committee and Jewish Lay Council
View interactive document pageThese are documents from the Jewish Hospitals Committee in Baghdad and the Jewish Lay Council. The files include employee action records, expense reports, and memos detailing decisions taken by the council. The item also contains a comprehensive report that spans from 1934-1944 and describes the assets and services of the hospitals that fall under the Jewish Hospitals Committee.
289 12/2/1949 Department Copy Presidency of the Hospitals Committee With reference to your letter numbered L/755 and dated 12/1/1949. The council has approved the write-off of an amount of 29/- Dinars (twenty-nine dinars) owed by Mr. Hussein Ali Al-Mu'min, the tenant of shop number 2103/115 belonging to the endowments of Reema Khedouri Hospital, as it is considered a uncollectible debt. Vice President ⟦illegible⟧ 12/2 ⟦illegible⟧ 12/4
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE BAGHDAD Established. 1884 3006 Telephones 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 ⟦illegible⟧ 412 1/12/1949 No. L / 754 Date: 10 / 12 / 1949 To the Presidency of the Lay Council Greetings, We request approval for the promotion of the nominal salary of the pharmacist at Meir Elias Hospital Ms. Sabiha Shabi from 24 Dinars to -/27 Dinars (Twenty-seven Dinars) monthly, starting from the first of December 1949, noting that she received her last promotion on 1/11/1947 and that the cost of living allowance she receives amounts to 6/250 Dinars, and she also receives an allowance of -/2 Dinars per month for supervising the Dar al-Shifa clinic. Respectfully yours. ⟦illegible⟧ President Approved 12/12 10/12
290 12/2/1949 ⟦Department Copy⟧ Presidency of the Hospitals Committee With reference to your letter numbered L/754 and dated 12/1/1949 The Council has approved the promotion of the nominal salary of the pharmacist at Mir Elias Hospital, Miss Sabiha Shabi, from 24/- Dinars to 27/- Dinars (twenty-seven Dinars) per month effective from the first of December 1949. Vice President ⟦illegible⟧ 12/2 ⟦illegible⟧ 14 ⟦Awad⟧
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 numbers Baghdad 3006 / 7480 Meir Elias Hospital Rima Khedouri Hospital for Eyes Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad Number 416 Date 12/9/1949 File number No. 757 L Date: 12/9/1949 Presidency of the Lay Council Greetings, Pursuant to the resignation of Mr. Dawood Khedouri from the secretariat of this committee due to his travel outside Iraq, this committee has decided, in accordance with Article Ten of its bylaws, to nominate Mr. Dawood Heskel Shamash and Mr. Maurice Ezra Bechor so that your council may choose one of them to fill the vacant membership. Please accept our respect, ⟦illegible⟧ President Included in the schedule 14 To be placed before the council 12/12 ⟦illegible⟧
296 1949/12/16 Department Copy Respected Mr. Maurice Ezra Bechor After greetings and respect, In view of the sacrifice for the public interest known of you by the Council, it has been decided to elect you to fill the vacant membership on the Hospitals Committee. Therefore, I ask you to accept this mission, with my wishes for your success ⟦line⟧. Sincerely, Vice President Copy to - The Presidency of the Hospitals Committee, with reference to its letter No. L/757 dated 1949/12/9. 14 ⟦illegible⟧
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 Number 3006 7480 Meir Elias Hospital Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy ⟦Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad⟧ 417 12/9/1949 No. Number: L / 758 Date: 12/9/1949 Presidency of the Lay Council Greetings, We would like to inform you that in view of the financial hardship gripping the fund of Meir Elias Hospital, the committee was forced to take a decision to suspend all discounts for paying patients at the present time until further notice. Please accept our respect. ⟦signature⟧ President Presented to the Council 12/12 ⟦illegible⟧
299 12/16/1949 ⟦Office Copy⟧ Presidency of the Hospitals Committee After greetings, The Council has approved what was stated in your letter numbered L/758 dated 12/9/1949 regarding your decision to suspend granting waivers to patients paying fees at the present time due to the financial hardship affecting the Mar Elias Hospital fund. Yours truly, Vice President A 14
The Lay Council of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Telephone Number 5452 Number: Date: 5 / 12 / 1949 Summary of the Subject: ⟦line⟧ Honorable Gentlemen, Chairman and Members of the Hospitals Committee After Greetings Based on the request of the Lay Council, please attend today 5 / 12 / 949 at four-thirty in the afternoon at the headquarters of the Community Presidency. And please accept the highest respect. Sincerely ⟦illegible⟧ The Secretary
Number - 1261 Date - 12 / 12 / 1941 To the Presidency of the Israelite Hospitals Committee Baghdad -1- We submit herewith a list of the amounts donated to Meir Elias Hospital from 1 / 4 / 1941 until 31 / 12 / 1941, amounting to 1477/500 Dinars, which were placed in account No. (2) at the Ottoman Bank for your kind attention. -2- You will also find enclosed another list of materials donated to the hospital, the estimated value of which is 252 Dinars, noting that these materials have been recorded as revenue in the store records. -3- The second-class rooms, numbering (13) rooms including nurses' rooms, have been renovated and painted, and a women's ward was opened by merging rooms 11 and 12, which were previously used as second-class rooms. The costs for this amounted to 646/873 Dinars, as detailed in the attached list. Statement | Dinar Fils | Dinar Fils -4- The following amounts were spent from account No. (2). Please approve their final expenditure: | | Costs of renovating and painting second-class rooms under the supervision of Mr. Salim Kahtan. | | 604/993 Costs of changing electrical wiring and bells (disbursed from the hospital fund | 646 873 | 41/880 per the committee's approval at the time) | | Value of three washing machines from Khedhouri and Ezra Meir Lawee Company | | 191 000 | 837 873 | 837 873 We would also like to mention that an amount of -/620 Dinars was paid to Khedhouri and Ezra Meir Lawee Company and recorded as a claim against them for the account of importing a refrigeration room. ⟦illegible signature⟧ Director of Meir Elias Hospital Attachments - 3
1946/12/12 Donations received by the hospital during the period from 1946/4/1 to 1946/12/5 and deposited in account number (2) at the Ottoman Bank Dinar | Fils | Name | Date 20 | ⟦line⟧ | Eliyahu Munir Yaqub Fattal | 1946/4/1 100 | ⟦line⟧ | Anonymous Benefactor | 1946/4/1 25 | ⟦line⟧ | Saleh Ezra Rahmin | 1946/4/7 10 | ⟦line⟧ | Munir Sheeth | 1946/4/7 100 | ⟦line⟧ | Ibrahim Yaqub Aini | 1946/4/11 10 | ⟦line⟧ | Karim Benefactor | 1946/4/12 5 | ⟦line⟧ | Ottoman Bank | 1946/4/18 20 | ⟦line⟧ | Makman Brothers | 1946/4/19 10 | ⟦line⟧ | Ezra Shuker | 1946/4/19 400 | ⟦line⟧ | Anonymous Benefactor | 1946/4/22 5 | ⟦line⟧ | Kurji Store | 1946/4/25 50 | ⟦line⟧ | Ezra Munir Hakkak Company | 1946/4/25 3 | ⟦line⟧ | Mr. Mayer | 1946/4/25 25 | ⟦line⟧ | Munir Shaul Ibrahim | 1946/4/30 10 | ⟦line⟧ | Saleh Munir | 1946/5/1 10 | ⟦line⟧ | Ibrahim Shamash | 1946/5/1 2 | ⟦line⟧ | Ibrahim Shama Family | 1946/5/23 10 | ⟦line⟧ | Sassoon Murad Sons Company | 1946/5/23 10 | ⟦line⟧ | Fowler Company | 1946/5/25 10 | ⟦line⟧ | Anonymous Benefactor | 1946/5/27 5 | ⟦line⟧ | Ishaq Hubunayat | 1946/5/24 10 | ⟦line⟧ | Ezra Haskail Bahr | 1946/5/31 30 | ⟦line⟧ | Salim Nahum Shakouri | 1946/6/2 15 | ⟦line⟧ | Khawaja Sia Murad ⟦...⟧ | 1946/6/15 948 ⟦line⟧ To be continued
Continued Fils | Dinar | Description | Date ⟦line⟧ | 948 | Previous | ⟦line⟧ | 5 | Ibrahim Khaddouri Rabbi Isaac | 1941/7/24 ⟦line⟧ | 50 | Nissim Moshe Haron | 1941/8/5 ⟦line⟧ | 24 | Salim Dangour | 1941/9/8 500 | 2 | Donor | 1941/10/4 ⟦line⟧ | 10 | Yaqub Yusuf Khabbaza | 1941/10/7 ⟦line⟧ | 1 | Nissim Qahtan | 1941/10/14 ⟦line⟧ | 100 | Reuben Siq | 1941/10/16 500 | 1140 | | ⟦line⟧ | 10 | Hesqel Yusuf Dubai | 1941/11/5 ⟦line⟧ | 5 | Salman Dubai | 1941/11/5 ⟦line⟧ | 100 | Donor via Munir Muqbelah | 1941/11/22 952 | 191 | Donor | 1941/11/25 400 | 20 | Employees of Willy Merry Company | 1941/12/1 ⟦line⟧ | 2 | Ramzi Yaqub Abd al-Nabi | 1941/12/1 852 | 1477 | | ⟦illegible⟧ alagy Director of Meer Elias Hospital
1949/12/12 List of in-kind donations to the Hospital Meir Elias during the period from 49/4/1 until 49/12/5, with an estimated value of 253/000 Dinars Materials | Dinar Blanket from Ishaq Yaqub | 2 A chest of tea from Mukammal Brothers | 30 Three boxes of laundry soap from Selim Sheena | 22 24 porcelain electric cups from Yusuf Hazqil Musleh | 6 Faucets for washing from Mohsen | 1 Three boxes of laundry soap from Selim Sheena | 22 Half a ton of cement from Mr. Naim Houri | 7 Six tarpaulins from Salem Shamaun | 90 Ten boxes of laundry soap from Selim Sheena | 60 Seven Manns of cleaning soap from Selim Sheena | 13 | 253 ⟦D. Elias⟧ Director of Meir Elias Hospital
12/12/1941 List of restoration and painting costs for second-class rooms totaling (13) rooms ⟦...⟧ including the nurses' rooms | Dinar | Wages for construction workers | 91 | 150 Gypsum | 17 | ⟦...⟧ Cement | 27 | ⟦...⟧ Bricks and tiles | 15 | ⟦...⟧ Wood, window bars, and sundries | 61 | ⟦...⟧ Wages for painting five rooms in the glass-house | 179 | ⟦...⟧ Wages for painting eight rooms | 174 | 250 Carpentry | 38 | 280 Changing electrical wiring and bells | 41 | 880 | ⟦...⟧ | 875 ⟦...⟧ Director of Meer Elias Hospital
G/ 949/401 26 / 12 / 1949 ⟦illegible⟧ Department His Excellency the Chairman of the Hospitals Committee After greetings, The Physical Council reviewed your letter numbered L/760 and dated 14 / 12 / 1949 in its session held on 22 / 12 / 949 as noted ⟦illegible⟧ regarding the donations received by your committee and the method you proposed to manage them. The Council takes this opportunity to record its thanks and appreciation for the diligence shown by your esteemed committee in this regard. Please accept our highest respect with the Council's wishes for your committee's success. The Deputy ⟦line⟧ Sincerely, Vice President 14 ⟦illegible⟧