The history of St Mary's Paddington is one of humble beginings in the Victorian Era, , it started as a voluntary hospital to focus on helping the needy. It soon followed the influence of the Victorian Age due to its desire to help and educateteaching hospital with the addition of a medical school attached to it, with small classes of only 40 students. It was also the spearhead into the disovery of Pencillin by Alexander Fleming.The hospital and medical school is one of most influential hospitals, as it one of only five that fall under the NHS Imperial College of London. It's legacy of excellance conitinues on to present day.
Image Sources:
Image of St Mary's Hospital Design for additional wing.
Florence, Henry Louis, and Herbert Arnold Satchell, creators. St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London: the Clarence Memorial Wing. 1902, Wellcome Collection, https://wellcomecollection.org/works/g6majsgt. Accessed 11 Dec. 2025.
Works Cited:
Ballantyne, John. “St Mary’s: The History of a London Teaching Hospital.” Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, vol. 97, no. 8, Aug. 2004, p. 405, pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1079568/. Accessed 12 Dec. 2025.
Moore, Levi. “St. Mary’s Hospital, Birthplace of Penicillin - Hektoen International.” Hekint.org, Hektoen International, 7 June 2018, hekint.org/2018/06/07/st-marys-hospital-birthplace-of-penicillin/.