MB ChB Manch 1920, MD 1925, Dp Bact 1927, DPH 1933.
Congdon was case officer at Sheffield Royal Hospital and house surgeon at Oldham Royal Infirmary before being appointed visiting anaesthetist at Ancoats Hospital Manchester. She was a member of Manchester Medical Society and Manchester Pathological Society. Congdon was a research worker at the department of bacteriology at the University of Manchester before holding more senior positions in Newcastle upon Tyne and Birmingham.