Most people I know ( except the no cane ‘A;’ stream until my upper fifth year ) were caned once , a few regularly . Of course when you run boarding , and therefore are around 24/7 there is a lot more opportunity………..and more meaning to ‘in loco parentis’
But then at our place the cane wasn’t reserved for heinous offenses , but was a mid range penalty , as I found to my cost! General attitude indeed!!!
I’ll ask around and try to get a better feel for the numbers involved.
‘When they said repent …..I wonder what they meant???’ (Leonard Cohen : The Future)