2. In this Ordinance, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- ¹[* * *](b) “local area” means the area within which a local authority exercises its functions;(c) “local authority” in this section and sections 7 to 10 and 14 includes, any body, whether incorporated or not, engaged in providing a supply of water;(d) “medical establishment” means establishment employed in connection with the provision of medical services;(e) “public health services” and “public health establishment” include respectively sanitary, water supply, vaccination, sewage disposal, drainage and conservancy services and establishment maintained for the purposes of such services, and any other service or establishment of a local authority which the Government may by notification in the official Gazette declare to be a public health service or public health establishment for any purpose of this Ordinance;(f) “purpose of this Ordinance” includes the purposes of ensuring the provision of adequate medical services, of preventing the spread of human disease, of safeguarding the public health and of providing or maintaining services essential to the health of the community.