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Show uo n PNEUMONIA IN 1 NEW YORK cm I Hi New York, Feb ,5. An epidemic of H pneumonia confinedlto five blocks of M Villa avenue, a nanow street In the H upper part of NenjYork city, is at- H trading the attention of physicians 9 and health experts J .More than elghtv M cases of the disease have been re- ' fm ported in the pas few days. g According to physicians, the illness iff Is partly 'duo to the condition of tho Mr street, which is piled high with ash Jp cans, garbage and debris of every do- ,' I scription. Most ot, tho houses aro I two-family structures, occupied by I foreigners. An cnldcmic of typholil fever swept tho same street Jour years t)M ago. 1 ' K m. |