Shanghai, Feb, 4, The annual report of the Coms rmitiee for the Assistance of Europ-can. Jewish Refugees indicates that another year of humanitarian work hag been performed in helping Jews who were forced to leave their homes and sock refuge in Shanghai. Tt is pointed out that 1040" was a particularly hard year on account of the abnormal rise prices. Tt was only by the enforce ment of the strictest economy. that the Society was able to carry its work of supporting over 19,000
Numerous local appeals did not provide sufficient funds for the care of those people, and it, was only by the contributions of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committe that the work was able to be carried on. The problem of obtaining foodstuffs was particularly dimeult, aug "to prevailing conditions in the The total expenditure of the society during the year came to $5,250,419, most of which was spent on obtain: Ing provisions for the refugees, The oral number of persons assisted was 19,447. Record numbers of Jews were treated in the various medical centres operated by" the. society, neatly 2,000 patients being taken into the three hospitals
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