Table 3 illustrates that the vast majority of boys met with canings on only one or two occasions. In fact, 45% of boys were only caned once and 65% once or twice with 3/4 of the boys never caned more than three times maximum.
The reasons of the above observation is obviously up to contentious debate, however; it would appear that the punishment was in most cases a sufficient deterrent to prevent repeat performances for the vast majority.
It can also be seen that 1 in 20 caned boys (5%) represented the great minority who were caned 9 or more times. Only 3 students (0.5% of all caned boys) were inflicted with 20 or more canings.